Sabbatical #1

I have decided to allot myself two weeks during the year where I take a sabbatical from writing. This is quite abrupt and I do apologize for the lack of any forewarning. My decision was prompted by the fulfillment of one of my blogging fears: Getting behind on writing. (Why I need this blog.)

While it was prompted by getting behind, I believe regularly allowing myself two breaks throughout the year will provide the following benefits:

• Prevents writing from becoming burdensome. 
• As mentioned in Why you need this blog, I believe writing (and reading) should be an enjoyable experience.
• Having a month off between posts caters to this :)
• Prevents writers fatigue.
• Allows built in time to extensively research and write difficult topics (a.k.a. unemployment assistance).
• Allows me to skip writing during extremely busy times of the year (mostly summer).
• Enables me to work on continuously updated blog sections (biography, what I’m reading, read this first, etc.)
• I currently feel these are underdeveloped and in need of some TLC.

I look forward to getting myself back on schedule and as a forewarning my next sabbatical may be very soon since Republic of Russ turns 1 year old on August 9th!