I’ve been absent from blogging for a bit because I’m a little burned out on writing. I’m freelancing for a new alternative newspaper here in Salt Lake and it’s hard to write for fun when I’ve spent so much energy writing “work” things, even if I like the topics.

Though my job in TV involved a fair amount of writing, this weekly grind has been kind of draining. I’d forgotten how hard it is to sit down and write 1,500 words when you have to, not just when you feel like it.

In the brief time off, I’ve also noticed that I’ve fallen into the common blogger trap of being too self-aware and worrying more about the act of blogging than about the writing itself. I’m tired of thinking, “What will so-and-so think about this?” or “Should I be posting this?”

Given the wide-open nature of the Internet, I know bloggers have to be somewhat self-aware, but I think I’ve crossed a line. I don’t know if I’ll be successful, but I’m going to try to write more like I did when I started, without worrying about the ramifications—to a point, at least.

In other words, to hell with you and what you might think.