So…
There have been a lot of things lately keeping me away from the blog!
WHERE HAS THE SUMMER GONE??? You would think, as a teacher, that summer would be relaxing and stress-free, but NOPE. Although I’ve been busy and stressed, it’s been a GOOD, and productive busy and stressed.
I ran another half-marathon a couple of weeks ago and got a personal best: 2 hours and 8 minutes. About 4 minutes shaved off of my fastest time, which I accomplished about 4 years ago. It was a rather humbling race, and it is completely my fault that I didn’t reach my sub-2 hour goal, but I’ll take it. But you can bet that I will reach that goal in September at the Lewis & Clark half!
Anyway, I found that it has been good to take some time away from blogging. I was getting really wrapped up in thinking about what to post each day and commenting on other blogs that it started to hinder my progress rather than help me. Reading some blogs has been triggering for me (although some have continued to inspire me each and every day!!) and I realized that although I started blogging to 1) share a new perspective on binge eating disorder, and 2) keep myself accountable, that’s not what I ended up doing. I got too wrapped up in creating a “great blog”, when behind the scenes I was doing all the wrong, unhealthy things. I don’t want a dishonest blog, or one where I only post about the good days. On the other hand, I don’t want a blog where I bitch and moan about only the hard times. I love blogging and the number of people I have met through this blog, but I need to figure out if I have a different perspective to offer, or what the purpose of this whole thing really is going to be.
On bingeing (proceed with caution):
