Comments on: Pressing Pause

By: I’m Not Sure I Should Tell You This | ivy league insecurities

I’m Not Sure I Should Tell You This | ivy league insecurities — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:36:33 +0000

[...] did many things during my winter break from blogging. Like take a pregnancy [...]

By: Snuggles & Snowflakes: Toddler Is Three | ivy league insecurities

Snuggles & Snowflakes: Toddler Is Three | ivy league insecurities — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:49:16 +0000

[...] weeks ago, something magical happened. It was the Saturday before Christmas. I had just decided to press pause. I could not stop smiling. I decided that I would do something that I hadn’t really done since [...]

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:28:41 +0000

Don’t feel guilty about pausing, it is much needed! Without taking breaks and stepping back once in a while it is hard to really appreciate the things we love. Enjoy your time off!!

By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Aidan Donnelley Rowley — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:30:03 +0000

Thank you for this lovely and thoughtful comment. You are so right that we are only in control of so much. We set forth with ideas and with purported agency, but our words and ideas, humbly combined, react with the ether of what’s out there in tricky and unpredictable ways. That’s what makes this world – and any world – so wild, so exciting, so big.

I truly appreciate your words and good wishes. Happy New Year to you and yours.

By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Aidan Donnelley Rowley — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:26:26 +0000

Yes, everyone deserves a break. Why did it take me so long to realize that? Hmmmm… Don’t fret – I will be back very soon!

By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Aidan Donnelley Rowley — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:25:33 +0000

I must admit that I was very encouraged and inspired when I read your post about shutting down right around the time I decided to press pause. There is something so engrossing about this world, so encompassing. It is so hard to draw lines and fashion limits, but I think we all owe it to ourselves to do so. Which is not to say that doing so is easy or ever will be. I look forward to pressing play. And soon!

By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley

Aidan Donnelley Rowley — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:23:41 +0000

Hanni – nice to hear you were able to take a pause too. There is something magical about stepping away and shifting focus. Yes, I have taken this break seriously. To be honest, it was very hard at first. I felt there was a void in my days. But very quickly I filled it up with important and incomparable things. I am so excited to come back – and will be back soon! – but this break has been so good for my me and my family. And, hopefully, for my writing too!

Happy New Year!

By: Privilege of Parenting

Privilege of Parenting — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:17:44 +0000

I hope you enjoyed your pause. I resonate to your struggles and appreciate your honesty and your intelligence in trying to find that balance between self-promotion, generosity and whatever we choose to call Zen these days.

I too have loved jumping into these waters, this community—this place where I can be an introvert and still venture forth in my own style, appreciating the range of voices, styles, agendas and the overall collective din of an ageless marketplace fronting cathedrals, temples, shops, restaurants, libraries, palm readers and countless sets from every Fellini movie ever made leading off to Misasake and Diagonally.

There is what we think we are doing, and then there is the zeitgeist… a fickle, unwieldy and unpredictable beast. For one, I send good wishes that it will give your book a good ride, but even more I wish that you will be happy no matter what comes your way.

Namaste

By: L

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:42:21 +0000

Everyone deserves a break, specially during the holidays (but hurry on back)!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:24:53 +0000

I’ve been on pause myself. I hope you’re enjoying the break. I know what you mean about this world. We’ve been at it since March, and it’s easy to make it an all-encompassing world. I’m still trying to figure out how to navigate it, where it fits in, how it fits in…