Blogging Break

For the past 5 months I have avoided blogging on this personal blog. I started thinking about it today and realized a couple of possible reasons why.

1. My friends gave me a nickname.
For some reason I tend to attract nicknames. This isn't always a bad thing, but sometimes I don't like it. Here are a few: Howard the Duck, Dobber, Gerber Baby, and lately it was Conan the Blogarian. Conan the Blogarian is a funny nickname, but made me hate myself a little bit.

2. I hate keeping a journal.
Blogging for me was/is a way to express myself and keep a journal. I am not very outspoken and tend to keep my opinions to myself, so a blog seems a little out of character. But expressing myself and voicing my opinions is something I would like to work on, so here I am again.

3. The tubes are cluttered
With some many people on the internet now a days, it just seems like there is a lot of crap out there. I didn't want to add to the pile.

4. I was busy
For the past few months I was studying for the GMAT, applying to graduate school, given more responsibility at work, and applying for a home loan. I never wanted to take the time to write a couple paragraphs and hit the PUBLISH POST button.

So now that I got out why I didn't blog out in the open I feel a lot better.