Winter Hiatus

More than once I've thought about whether or not I have ADD, or perhaps ADHD. I'm not really sure what they call it now. I guess what I mean is that everytime I keep a journal or a blog there is always a period of time where I just cannot write. And it's not like a few weeks either, it's more like several months. January, February, March, three whole months where I can barely eek out a paragraph let alone something of substance. Part of it is certainly my general personality; I love starting projects much more than I like continuing or finishing them. It's the reason that I'm a generalist, the reason why I'm so disorganized. I'm just not nearly as interested in the day-to-day upkeep of things and so I intend to ignore them.
Part of it is also work, which has been much busier since around mid-February. I use to have time in the day to write about things I read or things I wanted to talk about. The projects were considerably more spaced out, and most of the work I did was completely of my own initiative, which meant I could get it done on my own timetable. Now, I'm always working on a project and when there is downtime, it's not really downtime because I could always be working on something else. I'm not a quick writer, as much as I don't like to admit it I'm sometimes a perfectionist. Not so much in the grammar and spelling department as anyone who has ever read something I've written before, but rather in trying to arrange my thoughts in the most logical manner possible. Now, it rarely works, but it does explain why I have a hard time getting things out at times. There are at least 20 half finished posts, just languishing with thoughts interrupted in mid-sentence, never to be unleashed to the greater viewing public, all three of them. But hopefully, as spring appears and warm weather spreads over the greater New York area, I'll get back to writing. Lord knows it'll feel good.