the middle knitter

By the way, there is knitting going on. Sort of. It's just, I really don't feel motivated to blog about it, because I've got enough personal issues happening right now. I blog about those, but so far I've been keeping them confined to my LiveJournal, mostly because over on LiveJournal, they're all my friends, so I know they'll put up with my whining. Also, partly because some of the stuff is too personal to talk about in public. (This is the reason I'm not even linking to my LiveJournal over here. Some things, you just don't want to know.)

I guess what I'm trying to say is that I'm having a blog identity crisis. I'm not motivated enough to only post pictures of stuff I'm knitting, and I honestly don't know how interesting that is anyway. Personally, I read blogs--even knitting blogs--because I enjoy the writing. So, I'd like to emphasis writing more here . . . but that would likely mean even less posts. Because, honestly? Writing takes a lot of energy, and I don't have much of that.

To demonstrate my dilemma, here is a hypothetical mockup of the different things making demands upon my soul. Basically, there's only so much of me, and every new commitment takes a little piece of that, until there's nothing left of me to take.

Now, at first glance, that friendly little green area called "Free time" looks big enough, at least for a college student. But, take into account, that also includes things like sleep and personal hygiene. And eating. If blogging is to occur, it has to fight with all of those things for space in that little green wedge, so you can see why it makes it to the bottom of the priority list.

I know what you're thinking. "Emma, you've got time to make a fake pie chart, so you can't have that little time on your hands." But, it's true. I should be working right now. Actually, pretty much every minute I spend on the computer, I should be working. That's pretty much the hardest thing about college--knowing that even the time I do take for myself really needs to be spent on other things.

So, I'm not sure what to do. I need to come up with a blogging strategy that will keep me both fulfilled and sane. (Well, saner. Last time I felt sane was August.) I might end up trying to crosspost some of the more appropriate things from my LiveJournal. I'm not sure yet. I'm open to ideas, if anyone has them.

Meanwhile, if you do come here for the knitting, here's a pair of socks I made a few weeks ago for my roommate.

(Knitpicks Felici in Arugula on US 0 bamboo needles. Dang, I knit loosely.)