Hmm, much less time to post

I was telling a friend Sunday I thought I would have to "give up" some activities now that I was in grad school, taking classes two nights a week. In addition to the classes themselves there is the reading and the papers and projects which will all be taking up considerable amounts of time.

I told this friend I would still like to mountain bike, I obviously had to work, and I of course will devote time to Beth and maintaining friendships. So, what is it, she wondered, would I be giving up?

"Blogging," I told her. My posts, both in quantity and length, have already been reduced in my first week of school.

"I know," she said, "I am getting bored!"

Not only did her reply make me laugh it really made me feel quite good. Her reply seemed to say to me, that as a regular reader of my blog she was actually interested in what I have to say. It was very affirming from both a friendship and blogging perspective. I am not one who tends to assume that people approve of me and am usually pleasantly surprised when someone makes a statement to that affect.

Unfortunately I don't know that I will be much good in relieving her boredom or maintaining consistency in posting. Not only do I have limited time for posting, I have limited time for processing. With the pace of activity I am more focused on planning and executing than processing what is happening. From a Meyers Brigs perspective I am more in touch with my "J" than my "N" - getting things done is the priority over thinking about how all those things play into my life themes.

And my blog has always served as vehicle for sharing my processing, not reciting my activity list. With less time for processing I might have less to post.

So, given less time for processing and less time for blogging, I am not sure what will become of deepromanticboy.blogspot.com. Who knows, maybe I will find that I do have enough time to create meaningful posts; but I am guessing my posts will become less frequent, maybe once a week, twice if I am lucky. At the least I know my posts will be shorter, quick bursts, sacrificing correct grammar and well written posts for just getting a quick point across - expect a lot of "shout outs" and poems.

I feel a little sadness in knowing my posts may slack off, but am willing to give up the consistent use of this mode of self expression to complete what I see as the higher goal of taking my master's degree courses.

I appreciate your loyal readership and encourage you to continue to check back on a regular basis. But, I wanted to be clear on the consistency, or lack thereof, of my continued posting. If, between my posts, you are going through Deep Romantic withdrawal I encourage you to visit my archives - I have over 260 posts, have you read them all? You could even respond to posts and create blog conversations or begin a Deep Romantic "blog club" where you analyze my posts or poetry with other avid DRB readers.

In lieu of those unlikely measures you can look forward to a weekly DRB post, just as much as I look forward to creating the post! Until then, I wish you lots of love!