It certainly has been some time since I’ve allayed my thoughts to the world. While I would like to say there was something tremendous in the works while I’ve been radio silent on here—I can’t.

I just severely underestimated life.

It feels like a giant disappointment to have this audacious word count goal that I was committed to only to have it derail in a harsh way. While part of me suspected I wouldn’t hit that number this year, I took solace in knowing there would still be great strides in getting there.

In other words, I was trying to write more than I’ve ever had previously.

Instead, the storms of life just kept pushing me one way and another until I had no option but to just hang on until the weather cleared. Given the city I’m in just experienced a storm that shut down our energy grid and left a mess of trees everywhere, this analogy is almost perfect.

Yet, here I am, coming up for air and getting back to it.

I’m not sure what I was thinking at the onset, but I definitely need to temper my expectations a little more. Set them high, but keep them reasonable.

Life continues to happen and I should always remember that for everything I plan.