Not that I don’t love your blog, you understand, but…

Quit. I gave this advice to someone today, someone who came by my booth at the Farmer’s Market (I sell yarn.). She said she had all these half-finished knitting projects, sitting there for going back a decade, sitting there winking at her, taunting her.

I said “throw them out.”

I advised her to give up. To stop “throwing good after bad” as my husband’s family likes to say. Donate all that yarn that’s taking up closet space to a thrift store, or a charity, or the dump. Take the weight off your shoulders. Start with a clean slate. Spend time doing what you really want to do, rather than what you think you should do.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for perseverence and integrity and stick-to-it-iveness and whatever all Protestant Work Ethic crap you can think of. Sometimes. But sometimes, you’re just being (say it with me) stubborn.

This blog is a joy to those who read it, and it should bring joy to the writer, too. Bring back the joy.

(Obligatory disclaimer — today I quit something that wasn’t painful, but I wasn’t liking it, and it wasn’t necessary to anyone. I feel sooo much better.)

I’m considering getting my teaching certificate. I’d love to read more about how you came to be an English teacher (as I would be, with my BA in English).

Love the post about co-sleeping, btw. Keep it up! I understand how you feel about writer’s block. I’m the same way… when I -have- to write, I don’t want to.

How about giving yourself a break for two days and giving us a (short) fabulous book recommendation on one day and a movie recommendation on the other? Or something like that.