Since beginning this weblog virtually three years in the past, I’ve repeatedly revealed two extra extra articles each month. I like writing and I like net growth, so this by no means (or infrequently) felt like a chore: there was all the time one thing to get enthusiastic about, which meant I couldn’t wait to sprint off a couple of ideas, whether or not on the prepare dwelling from work or late into the night, even after an extended day of coding. However this pandemic has totally defeated me.
Straight after Christmas, the UK entered its third lockdown. This one has no finish in sight. Colleges have closed. My husband and I are having to juggle work with homeschooling our energetic and easily-distracted 4-year-old, who’s lacking out on some essential possibilities to construct relationships, and doesn’t totally perceive why he can’t be together with his pals. We’re at present in week 4, and sure have many extra weeks to go.
In some ways I’m very lucky: I nonetheless have my job, my husband is ready to tackle a lot of the homeschooling, we’ve loads of outside area close by, nobody in our household is unwell, and our baby doesn’t have particular academic wants. However nonetheless, it’s exhausting. I’m discovering exhausting to get enthusiastic about CSS, a lot much less writing about it. There simply isn’t the area.
So I’m taking a break from writing for a short while, and taking the stress off myself to publish new content material. I’ll possible nonetheless be making demos for enjoyable, and would possibly publish a few of them right here, or sprint off a fast weblog publish when the temper takes me. However don’t be shocked if there aren’t any new tutorials for some time. As my very smart buddy Cassie stated to me, many individuals have a lowered urge for food for consuming content material proper now. There’s greater than sufficient on the market. It’s okay to not be “all the time on”. You may give your self a break.
I hope you’ll stick round for after I come out of this tunnel, at any time when which may be. Within the meantime, maintain yourselves and your family members 💜
