I’ve decided to take a leave from blogging so that I can spend more times on other things in my life.<\/p>\n
Partly, I’m taking more time for my health. I’ve been exercising about 43 minutes a day ((Precisely the length of an hour-long TV show once the commercials are cut out — what an amazing coincidence!)), but once you include the time spent preparing, showering afterward, etc., it’s over an hour a day no longer available for blogging.<\/p>\n
Mainly, though, I’m spending more time cartooning. I could say I’m more valuable as a cartoonist than as a blogger — and that’s probably true — but I don’t really choose my priorities that way. The truth is, after years of feeling more driven to blog than to draw comics, I’m now feeling the reverse.<\/p>\n
I’ll still post my political cartoons here on “Alas.” And occasional cartooning-related posts. But although I won’t disappear from “Alas” entirely, I won’t be writing any non-cartooning blog posts. Nor will I be fully participating in the comments, because that turns into a huge time-suck. (But I do read all the comments left about my cartoons, and I really appreciate the large majority of them.)<\/p>\n
It’s been a delightful five years (!) of blogging; I thank everyone who’s made it so great. And maybe I’ll feel like blogging again, someday. But for now, I’m more excited by the prospect of a good ink line than a good link farm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve decided to take a leave from blogging so that I can spend more times on other things in my life. Partly, I’m taking more time for my health. I’ve been exercising about 43 minutes a day ((Precisely the length … Continue reading