Sabbatical 2019 – 2020
I spent the past week in Greece on a welcome vacation. Overlooking the Mediterranean sea i’ve been contemplating what to do about my Lego photography, especially in the light of the shortage of time, i’ve been complaining about abundantly here, and inspiration i’ve been experiencing the past few years.
The problem
Currently, my perceived shortage of time results in a badly maintenanced site. No new blog posts, no newsletters, very sporadic new Lego photography and i just can’t figure out how to keep up the schedule of the Foolish Lego Comic. Besides all that, i always have plans and ideas for the site, but i never get around to implementing them.
Not surprisingly, this is not how i would like things to be. Sadly, there are a few things in my life that need quite a bit of extra time. Before, i tried to combine everything but between a very busy job and an equally busy private live it proved impossible. My hobby became a stress-factor and stress turned out to be detrimental for my artistic inspiration.
So, how do i proceed?
Two weeks ago i was reading the walking dead comic, issue 193. Trying to avoid spoilers, i can safely say Kirkman inspired me somewhat. Suddenly, i realised what i had to do! The idea took some time to settle, and now i am convinced there is only one way to keep Foolish bricks going at the high standard i want it to keep going on; i need to take a break.
So, that is what i am going to do, after i finish the current Foolish Lego chapter within a couple of weeks. Foolish Bricks will go on a hiatus until August 13th 2020.
Of course, i won’t sit completely still during this period. My primary concern will be the creation of the third chapter of the Foolish Brick Comic. I will be working on the script, building stages, photography, post-production, behind the scenes blogs, tutorials and hopefully improve a few aspects of the site, like the newsletter some more. Furthermore, sporadically i might post a few Lego photo’s.
I will be checking the site frequently, so if you have questions or comments, you can still find me here. Also, i will remain active as Brickcentral-mod so i can be contacted there too.
Thank you all for your continued support and after the second Foolish Lego Comic chapter ends, i hope to see you back August 13th 2020!
Cheers,
Dwaas
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I’ve been going through much the same issue, but I’ve been afraid to do something like take a year off of updates. As it is, taking an extended break might be something that happens involuntarily.
Hey Anthony. I know how you feel. This was not an easy decision to make. However, I needed to make a choice and go on a hiatus on my own terms. If I would’ve waited the situation would’ve gotten worse and the break would indeed happen involuntarily. Besides, now at least I can give a time-frame. I hate not being able to keep up a schedule, and seeing everything slowly coming to a halt over here.
I hope you figure things out for yourself. I’m a loyal reader of your wonderful stories.
At first I thought I misread it, 08/13/19 sounded reasonable to me and at first I didn’t know why this summer break would need a complete post LOL.
Then I realized that was 2020, makes more sense as this is some serious hiatus.
All we can hope is that you use this time well, for everything keeping you busy first, and for the website we all love.
Take care, I’m sure your family is OK with this break 😀