Last week, I spent four days in Cape Cod (Yarmouth, specifically), a place I haven’t been since I was little. I freaking loved it. This, of course, has basically nothing to do with the topics usually discussed here but the time away did get me thinking about priorities.

Simplicity is an ongoing goal (read: battle) probably in all of our lives and as such, I’ve made a few changes around here. As you can see, the site has been de-complexified. The blog is directly on the landing page now (as was suggested to me several times) and there are simple notes on the sidebar about where to find me and what I’ve been talking about lately. There are a few more changes coming in terms of functionality but the format/aesthetics will stay as you see them today. Until I get bored with it (again…and every six months, it seems).

While on the beach, drink in hand, I started thinking about how obsessed I am with: this website, Twitter, Google Reader, finding discussions about design, finding art things, email, reading the news and occasionally celebrity gossip (though my brother is generally the best source for the latter). As I reread my post about the reasons for blogging (recently noted on the 99%, holler!), it occurred to me that a step back could be helpful in some as yet undetermined way.

Many of the successful blogs talk about blogging regularly, on a schedule, come hell or high water. And I’ve promised as much in past posts. Now I’ve changed my mind (do I contradict myself? I contain multitudes…); I’ll post when I have content worth writing about. When I am back at school, it will likely become more frequent. But in the summer, time should be spent outside somewhere.