Tongue-Tied

I started writing a post, and then stopped. And then started again. And then saved it as a draft. It wasn't time to write that post yet. Ever had one of those? Something to discuss, but the timing is off?

Summer is one of those times when there is just too much to do offline. Enjoying the front porch swing. Reading books. Conversing over a good meal with family. Reveling in rainy days. Even working on Project 312, though we are a bit the worse for wear after that!

A week goes by, and then two and three, and I realize that I have written nothing for the blog. I'm too busy making connections, working on real-life and online (non-blog) engagement, living life. I'm more interested in reading a book than writing a post that a handful of people will bother to read.

I work in social media for a living. I preach, along with my teammates, that bloggers must be consistant, that they should post at least once a week, that they should find their voice and their focus and move forward, boldly. But preaching is much easier than practicing.

No doubt you should schedule tweets and engage on Facebook and Google+ and LinkedIn, and yet, in the words of a woman who became famous after a fire broke out in her apartment complex, "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

So here I am, happily working, playing, reading, eating, sleeping, and hanging out, with not one auto-tweet in sight, no scheduled blog posts, not even a plan for what I might want to write about, just a few ideas tied up in drafts. And you know what? Sometimes... that's okay.

What's keeping YOU busy this summer?