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At some point, writing blogs stopped being fun and started becoming work. What was originally a means of venting and at the same time staying in touch with friends became another chore to add to the list of other chores and responsibilities in my life. As most of you know, I have a weird tendency of doing exactly that, making everything I do an obsessive/compulsive pursuit of ridiculously impossible perfection. Eventually, even when I didn't feel like it, I ended up writing a blog entry because I had penned it into my organizer as a weekly activity. As with eveything that becomes a chore, I got tired of it and threw it aside.

Well, I'm back writing. I've promised myself (again, like numerous times before) that I would stop forcing myself to do this and simply write because I want to. As part of this restart, I've decided to kill the other blog I have and roll everything into this one. As some of you know, I also wrote a motorcycle-centric blog called the After Ride Report detailing some of my adventures, rants, and raves related to motorcycling. I figured motorcycling was as much a part of my quirks and eccentricities as much as the other stuff I've written about in this blog so that one's getting shut down and the After Ride Report will simply be a "feature" in this one.

Speaking of motorcycling, I haven't ridden since early last fall. I'm pretty sure that not riding has been negatively affecting my psyche as it was one of the few regular physical and outdoor activities I indulged in. I was ready to get going again but, probably as a result of global warming, the weather turned foul in sunny San Diego and my favorite riding road is actually experiencing winter like weather (snow showers, below freezing temperatures during daylight hours) in the beginning of Spring.

Riding was probably be going to be a physical pain anyway since I'm in no shape for upcoming riding season. I haven't been to the the gym (the other regular physical activity I indulged in) since early fall (What the hell was up with early fall? Oh, I know. I'll talk about it in a bit). The last two riding seasons, I had been hitting the gym regularly and my improved cardio definitely help my speed, especially when the weather was hitting a 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

The weather was definitely what stopped the riding as it isn't fun going around corners trying to touch your knee when the temperature is cold and the tires refuse to warm up. Professionals could do it or avid track day riders can but I sure don't like trying it on open, public roads. But, it wasn't the weather that stopped me from going to the gym in the early fall. It was work.

As most of you know, I work in the child abuse field. Crazy as it sounds, I actually like my job. And I think that's where the problem started in terms of the gym. The more I found my job interesting, the more time I spent working. Truth be told, it hasn't just affected my gym attendance but it's also affected every facet of my personal life because I keep finding work eating into my personal time. I guess I'm back struggling how to best balance work and life. A more experience worker told me recently, "Make your home life exciting and your work life boring," and I think the problem is that, at this time, work definitely is presenting a lot of interesting challenges that's holding my focus away from my the other parts of my life.

Anyway, I'm tired of typing. I talk more about this later.