I’ve had an account on Tumblr for quite a while, but I’ve never quite figured out what to do with it, exactly. Tumblr is basically another blogging service with a slightly different feel to it. It makes it easy to post other types of media, such as photos, quotes, links, videos, etc. Well, I finally got the idea to use it as something of a “daily blog”. My current blog here has become a place to share mostly insights, and I haven’t really wanted to include a lot of day-to-day updates here (unless they are major, perhaps) but sometimes I do want to blog about what’s going on with me day by day. So I’ve decided to incorporate these kinds of things into my Tumblr blog, calling it “Life in small bites”. Up until now I haven’t really shared my Tumblr with anyone, but I am changing that as of now! I may add it as a subdomain to my sherylhugill.com domain, but for now it can be found at http://sherylh96.tumblr.com. I will also be working on tweeting my new Tumblr posts automatically for those of you that follow my Twitter feed as well as adding an icon for it to my social media links over in the sidebar –>

As of right now, I’m planning on including a “Photo of the Day” (today’s photo is already up!), but I have no set plans for what else this will include, other than generally some insight in my daily life. I’m open to ideas on what you think I should possibly include, so please leave me comments!

Besides being a social event and a chance for good conversation and connection with people, Mo*Con also made me think. Standing outside of the building on Saturday of the event, I found myself in a conversation with Kelli Dunlap. The panel happening at the time was about the writing business, and I had decided to skip it and use the time to head home to let my dog out and go get my copy of Orgy of Souls (to be signed by Maurice and Wrath). Upon telling Kelli this, she asked me, “are you a writer?” I wasn’t sure what to say… I mean, at this point the whole convention had made me actually consider writing more. But how do I answer that question?

I blog. I journal. I do like to write. And I never seem to have trouble having the words flow pretty freely. And it is something I enjoy. But had I ever tried to get a story published? Not even close. So I didn’t know what to say. Kelli termed me a “hobby writer” and told me that that was perfectly okay and not to let anyone tell me any different. She’s right, at this point. But even my “hobby writing” hasn’t been much of a focus lately. But maybe it should be.

One thing I took away from Mo*Con was the feeling that I’m lacking something. I’ve heard that to be happy in life, you need a good balance of all your “life areas”. One of those life areas is spirituality. And to me right now – I believe that connection and creativity are a big part of what spirituality is in my life… two things that I found in abundance at Mo*Con. As far as creativity goes – I’m not much of an artist, but I DO like to write.

So I’ve decided. In an effort to increase creativity and gain some spiritual balance in my life, I’m going to write more. There’s no rhyme or reason to it, and no publishing of stories will be sought after any time soon. Heck, I don’t even know if stories will be written. But something will be. Right now, my focus is just doing it. It’s easy to get caught up in the things in life that it feels like have to be done, and to not do the things that really are necessary for fulfillment that just don’t seem as pressing. But I need the creative outlet. I need the channel for paying more attention to the world around me and the wonder it contains. So be it blog post, journal entry, or whatever may flow out… write I will.

I guess I am a writer.