My Apology

It has been more than six weeks since I published anything here.

It’s not that I haven’t been writing. I write all the time. Lists (lots of lists!). Notes. Pages of thoughts when I’m trying to work through a problem. Writing is how I think. It’s how I organize all the thoughts in my head and find clarity.

But lately I’ve just been busy. I mean really, really, really busy. There has been a lot of work and a lot of work-related travel. Planes, hotels, meetings, calls, deadlines, and more planes. Much of my work involves helping other people think through complicated challenges and opportunities, and spending so much time thinking for other people can leave surprisingly little room for my own.

So I missed a week. And then I missed another. Inertia took over and somewhere in the time-space continuum On Key Insights got away from me. I kept meaning to get back to it.

And I will.

But if I’m being completely truthful, I’m not trying very hard right now.

For years the beginning of August meant the end of summer. As a working mom, the back-to-school routine took prominance and I was thrown back into the midst of carpools, parent-teacher nights, and practices. Suddenly my schedule became a lot more complicated.

Except I don’t have to live by that calendar anymore.

My kids are grown and own their own. As families around me are racing into the school year, I’ve realzed I can stay in summer a little longer.

I’ll get back to writing. But for now, an iced cold beverage and a good book are waiting for me on my balcony, and there is still a little daylight left to waste.