A few folks have been asking about why I took such a long break from posting on my website. Instead of writing to everyone individually, telling the same story a bunch of times, I figured I’d just write about it and clear the air publicly. There are quite a few reasons I stepped away from posting, so here’s a little list.
- Mental health
- My mental health has been in the toilet. The current living situation that I am in has caused a major decline in the improvement of my mental health. I have had zero motivation to do anything lately. The wave of depression took over and it has been really hard work to climb out of it. The mental health bucket usually holds most of the blame, but it spread into other brackets too.
- Ideas
- I have had a hard time coming up with new ideas. With everything else going on, the creative part of my brain has been pretty empty. I have no idea what to write about. I can’t find any songs I want to sing. It’s been a major roadblock in coming up with things to do.
- I’m busy
- I’ve been watching my grandmother’s house and farm. The animals are wonderful and I enjoy taking care of them. However, usually after doing all of my chores and errands, I’m beat by the end of the day. A lot of times, it is hard to find the energy to work on my portfolio.
- Environment
- I was very fortunate at my previous job to have extra time to work on my website in a quiet, work environment. It’s been hard for me to find the focus at home. There are lots of distractions. It’s easy to let myself be too casual. It’s difficult to keep myself in work mode while in the comfort of home.
There are some other factors that I won’t get into now, but these are the main reasons I have been MIA recently. Thank you to everyone who is still here and I hope y’all enjoy what I’ll be sharing soon.
Phoebe Dyer Portfolio 