I haven't been writing diligently.

It's something that I try to reinforce to the people I work with as important, but I'm not doing such a great job of it myself.

I don't think that a lack of time has anything to do with it. Part of it's just laziness. Writing is hard, and I've got other, easier things that I'd rather do. Part of it is intimidation. I read some of my friends' blogs, and I know that I'm not as good a writer as them (ignoring the fact that some of them were English writing majors). And I feel that if I'm not a good writer, then I may as well not bother.

It's not as if I don't have things that I'm passionate enough to write about (even good writing!) It's more that I have trouble articulating them. And I read enough in a day (I have about 60 sites in my RSS reader--somewhere around 100-150 posts a day) to have SOMETHING to talk about (or at least link to).

No, I think that the biggest problem is that the part that I love is already over by the time I'm ready to start writing. I've designed the site, made all the graphics, and written my HTML and CSS. I've incorporated some of the cool tricks that I have learned and keep on finding out about. And writing seems so much less... fun... than all that nerdy goodness.

With all of that in mind, I'm not really sure what to do. I'd like to get a nice digital camera (though I'm not sure if by nice I mean "a small point-and-shoot" or I mean a digital SLR that I can fuss with settings until I'm happy with pictures) and post some pictures. I'd like to write more, because practice and critique is the only way to get better at something. And I'd like to design more, but as fun as it is, it's time consuming and I've not yet learned how to "be creative." I'm afraid that I'll run out of ideas.

If anyone has any advice, I'd love to hear it. That is, if anyone's still reading. And if you are, sorry for this post. Next time will be something fun, whenever that is.