fivebyevif

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure this blog is necessary anymore.

You who are reading it are already with me on Facebook or Twitter. Which is a fine thing; all the minutiae of my life is happily shuffled around there, and I love that it’s more of a two-way conversation and less me dropping a wordbomb on peeps.

At some point, though, I lost the desire to rant. Or, I should say, I lost the need to publicly rant. Arguably, some might say I grew up.

I also became increasingly less capable of articulating the workplace that is so large a part of my life. Primarily because I became a manager, and my idea of a good manager is one that practices professionalism. Which is to say: I became more diplomatic.

I also moved my writing discussions over to the Writing Blog and the gaming reviews and industry discussions over to the Livejournal, which left this place…kind of empty.

It’s hard to let go of something you’ve had for nearly a decade. Going back and reading those old entries is a treat. Sometimes I need to be reminded of my younger self’s humor and optimism, and sometimes I want to punch her in the head, but most of the time I think it’s a good thing that I kept track of her in some way.

So I’m going to do the right thing and archive fivebyevif. The site will remain, and I’ll post some recipes in the recipe section, but updates on life and the pursuit thereof will…well, I started to say “start to happen”, but they already have been happening on the Facebook/Twitter end of things. That’s where it’s moved to. That’s where it’ll be.

I know who most of you are that follow this journal. I also know there might be a few lurkers. If you want to friend me on Facebook, please be aware that I have a personal policy of not friending people I don’t really know. That is not your fault; it’s entirely me being finicky and pesky.

But the Twitter feed is open to everyone, and I’m pretty regular in updating it. So enjoy.

Clean up will occur suddenly, probably on a weekend when I have time and I’m bored and/or insomnia-ridden.

In conclusion: I am happy, life is good, and remember that god dammit, you’ve got to be kind.

♥ – Steph