I’ll be honest: I’m still not over our announcement a couple of weeks ago that Magic Rays of Light has joined MacStories. It’s so exciting and a huge honor to be part of such a great team. I’ve had to pinch myself a few times just to make sure that it’s real.

The announcement came alongside a stream of creative output on my part. I published my first articles for MacStories and MacStories Weekly. We shared a huge episode of the podcast to coincide with the announcement. And I got to share a shortcut I’ve been working on for a while that I’m really happy with. It was a productive week—in the literal sense that I produced a lot of stuff I’m proud of—and it was awesome.

Since then, things have been quieter. I’ve gone a couple of weeks without posting here, which is longer than normal. I honestly haven’t written much of anything, aside from show notes and my daily journaling. It’s like that part of my brain took a break and my usual, “I have to blog about this!” impulses haven’t been as strong.

To be fair, I have been focused on making the podcast and adjusting to new ways of doing things on the backend. And work responsibilities have taken up a good deal of my time and energy, not to mention being present with my family. It’s not like I haven’t been doing anything. I just haven’t been writing, and that’s been bugging me.

But should it? Creative energy ebbs and flows, and it shifts to different focuses at different times. Other things have to take priority due to external commitments and, you know, needing to work so I can pay my bills.

I’ve done my best to remove any and all “should”s from this place and just let it be whatever I want it to be. No pressure, just something to enjoy, share, and hope that others enjoy as well. That’s what a personal blog is for.

So I guess I’m writing all of this (1) to explain why things have been quiet here for a bit and (2) to convince myself that that’s okay. It’s alright to take some time off, purposefully or otherwise. So long as I keep to the commitments I’ve made, I can go with the flow on the rest.

I get the feeling that the flow is pushing me back in this direction and that I’ll have more to share here soon. (Don’t tell anyone, but I’ve been tinkering with another shortcut.) Either way, I’m happy to be along for the ride, and I hope that you are, too.

Thanks for reading. Feel free to reach out anytime or say hi on social media. I’m usually around, even if I’m quiet, and I’d love to hear from you.