Still Here, I Swear

Hi Bear! I've been neglecting you. Really, I've been neglecting my writing in general. Even my work for GovTrack has been a source of procrastination for me lately, a sign that I'm in sore need of a re-centering with myself, I think. I very much enjoyed writing nearly every day when I was keeping to it. But when I got pregnant things shifted. My first trimester was thankfully mild, but woefully exhausting. The fatigue never seemed to end. I'm 23 weeks now and still pretty tired, but I do have more energy than before and with that has come a return to the drive to write. I've made a bad habit of procrastination though, which I need to re-break. When it comes to blogging I found myself feeling like nothing I've had to say has been sufficient. I've felt like anything I can putz out of my keyboard is missing something. Part of this is surely the weight of the time we're living in, and my difficulty taking it all in. But I think it's also coming from a place of self-hinderance. I want my…