It has been far too long.

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately trying to figure out why I write – and consequently, why I haven’t been writing, in much more than a month now. My blogging comes – as I believe most writing does – from my motivation to express the thoughts and feelings I have about the surrounding world and current events. It’s possible that lately my thoughts have been better kept inside my head, than on this webpage, or it’s completely possible that I am far too lazy and that has led to the lack of postings. I’m not sure which one I prefer, if either.

Certainly I have been thinking about things that I would typically post – the thoughts haven’t vanished, thank God. This election, the Israeli prisoner swap, the state of my Generation, lots of things have been keeping my mind ticking. 

But blogging also instills in me a feeling of fulfillment; of really achieving something. The work I have been doing for the past few weeks – as a 1-1 aide for learning disabled kids in a private summer camp – has, I think, been giving me the sense of achievement that I’ve typically used blogging to fill. Have I been choosing one over the other, solely based on the fulfillment of my needs? I hoped that my blogging had a slightly different intrinsic value…

And it’s too bad – because I love doing both, so expect more posts to come, soon. Otherwise, what’s the purpose of a blog? We’ll see…