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New directions, new thoughts, new ideas

One of the reasons for not blogging for quite some time is, simply put, that real life intervened. I changed jobs, my long-term relationship ended, I started studying again... All of this, as well as me questioning whether blogging was still what I wanted to do with my time, led to not posting. Not posting for a month leads to not posting for a year, leads to not posting for almost three years. Which brings us to the here and now. 

While I still have no interest in making this a personal blog, I do hope to get back to blogging about things that interest me. Things like psychology and anthropology, religion and spirituality, coaching and counseling, education and conservation, global warming and world peace. I'd also like to write about things that are perhaps a little less mainstream yet that very much interest me. Things like the possibility of alien life, parapsychology, meditation, telepathy, mindfulness, reincarnation, yoga and such. Simply put, I've been a little afraid to post about things that don't feel mainstream or generally accepted by a lot of people. Yet, these are things that really interest me. So, what's stopping me from using this anonymous blog to write about whatever strikes my fancy? The simple answer is: Nothing's stopping me, really, apart from possibly a lack of time due to a busy life in the real world. Again: I don't know whether I'll be posting as frequently as I once did. However, I do know that now I've 'rediscovered' this blog, I plan to get back to writing, researching, investigating and blogging about it. Stay tuned! 
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