It's time to start writing again

I haven't written for myself in yearly 5 years, according to this blog.  I've started up a professional blog, Dr Lisa, School Psych, but writing for personal intention is significantly different.  In many aspects of my life I'm going to start taking better care of myself, physically, mentally, and basically any way I can.  I've worked myself so hard this year and it's time to find balance.  With that in mind, it's time to get a regular writing practice back into my life. 

I've always been a writer, since I was 5 years old and my kindergarten teacher gave me my first research assignment.  After that, my first grade teacher expanded my skill set to fiction writing, and my second grade teacher introduced me to poetry.  Over the years I used writing to express my creative side, process my adolescent experience, and share both of those with others.  In college I took a poetry writing class, but my writing for personal gratification has been inconsistent since.

I need to find my writing again.  I am facing new challenges and I am tired of getting stuck in my head.  Some of my insights, once I have them, I may want to share with others who face similar challenges or will in the future.  I want to see if there is any creating writing left in me, and if it is worth posting.  I also want to use writing as a spiritual and reflective practice for my own sake, not necessary to share with others.  I will type them in the same space, because even though I enjoy the notion of the journal, I do not enjoy the idea of rereading my handwriting.  If anyone has been successful with a regular writing practice I am open to suggestions, tips, websites with writing topics, and writing buddies.

So, welcome, or welcome back. 

Lisa