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I lost my voice… largely the reason for my blog’s stagnation.

What do you do when you lose your voice after a bout of laryngitis? You let it heal.

I’ll be honest, I work in an environment that has a certain level of toxicity. I saw some bitterness beginning to show through in my writing here, as well as in my Twitter posting. I decided to make a conscious effort to curb the bitterness, refocus my energy and learn to find new ways to stay positive and love my job. I want to emphasize the fact that I really do love my job – but sometimes the place I have to go every day to do it can drag me down even though I try not to let it.

My future plans for this website:

I want to get back into the habit of writing here regularly. It’s a great outlet for discussing ideas that can’t be expressed in 140 characters.

I do plan on re-developing the focus of my writing. Video games have taken on a different role in my life since taking a full-time job. Rather than expending regular thought on communications within the industry, I’ve just been playing them during the few hours I have to do so.

I would like to include discussion about government communications and the implementation of web technologies and Web2.0.  This is a discussion I plan to have with my manager at my mid-year evaluation this week. I think it’s important to set boundaries for what details can and cannot be discussed in this forum. I trust my own judgment, but feel it’s important to bring my manager into the conversation.

Other subjects I want to discuss include general experiences I’m having at conferences, as the Chairperson of a workplace Network for young professionals, as a lover of music and more. After all, I called my website after my name – I think it should reflect a bit of the diversity of my thoughts and interests.

I do plan to continue referencing technology and video games in my writing because they are still hobbies of mine and find them especially useful for metaphors when making sense of my ideas.

Have you ever lost your voice?

If so, what did you do to find it again? How did you reinvent your own websites to match changes in your life?