Well, after another brief shpurt of blogging, I’ve decided to kind of suspend things on DJI in more or less permanent hiatus. The reason? Not that I don’t have anything in particular to say (which I do, at times), so expect the odd post in an irregular fashion.
No, the reason behind things is that I made a decision about a month ago, after looking at a picture of myself in the mirror, that, to be blunt, looked very different than the person I was 10 years ago.
Residency and medical training takes a toll, and having just completed a whole whack of it, I really have no excuse but to start living the advice I sometimes tell my patients.
Long story short: between parenting, work, and trying to deliberately live a healthier life – exercising, sleeping, and eating with intention and purpose– I find there’s not much else I have time for.
I guess there are probably a lot of reasons to whip myself back into a healthier version of myself, but like other people who have accomplished this, it doesn’t matter what the reason is as long as you do it.
I may return to blogging regularly at some point, but its hard to say when that will be. Thanks to everyone who have stuck around for 3 years, I’ll be sure to keep in touch.
Tony.
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Good for you, Tony. Busy jobs, families, health and other interests don’t leave a lot of time for spending hours in the social media space. Write what you can, when you can, when the spirit moves you. Far too many define themselves by their blogs and feel compelled to post to maintain sone sort of fictional thought leadership. Personally, with a wife, two kids and a busy job (in social media), playing sports, I find I have to steal time from one of those to committ to regular blogging. That’s just not fair. I’m hoping to find the time for more blogging, but those other things come first.
A person who knows themself as well as you do will be a great husband, father and doctor.
Thanks for the kind words David. One day I hope to get back to blogging too. :)
Take care and no matter what you’ll still be a big inspiration in the Blog World.
Jeff
@Jeff — thanks for the kind words. :)