Is this an Update?

It's midnight, let's write a frickin' blog post. (falls backwards in chair)

So...
I haven't been publishing. But I haven't given up! It just... takes me a while sometimes to get to a place in my life where I can get my thoughts together for this kind of creative work.
At least I have a lot more time to myself due to finally dropping my writer job.
Of course, I do still beat myself up about not being able to write like I used to.
Anywaaaay...
Part of me wants to write an entry for the "Cadance is a Terrible Mom" contest, but I'm not really sure what I'd write. I love baby humor, but I've never written for her or Shining before, so... shrug

Why am I writing this again? Oh right. Stream-of-consciousness update on the whole... pony writing sitch...

What's been going on in my life? Well, a number of things. Mostly schoolwork, a lot of schoolwork, since the semester is getting ready to end before long. That's real fun. I'm working less hours now, so I'm not bringing in as many bits, but hopefully that won't be much of an issue if I don't overspe--- oh my gosh, is that a new trading card game?
I haven't been completely dead creatively, fortunately. I've been feeling very inspired when it comes to things like video games (those eat up a lot of my time as well,) Dungeons & Dragons (would love to run that with my friends some more,) and, to a degree, painting (I got the stuff, I just... gotta do it.) I also, fortunately, have not been completely dead! I should be fully immunized now that the requisite time has passed, but still, one must be extra safe when doing anything in this off-the-wall world we currently live in. Still, I hope I can get the chance to maybe see a movie in a theater again or maybe visit my local nearest game store.

Now when it comes to writing ponies... I dunno, I think I need a new system to encourage me to sit down and write. I'm only taking the time to write this because I took a brief spell of "why the fck not" and aren't really stopping to process much of what I'm saying. Maybe the inability to trigger my creative writing stems from a deeper craving for instant fulfillment that writing just doesn't satisfy anymore? Or maybe the lack of interaction brought about by the pandemic has lessened the importance of ponies in my life to such an extent that the hobby no longer seems worth engaging with?

Nah, forget that. Ponies forever!
I still love these colorful little pastel horses. That fire will never truly leave me. Even if I can't get a hot enough fire under my ass to make me finish my damn stories, I'll still have ponies cheering up my life some way, somehow.
I'll be completely honest and say that I still don't know when I'll be updating again, or what I'll update next, and yeah, that's even more disheartening for me than it is for you. But I promise that I won't let myself sink completely into apathy. I'll figure out something. I'll get that Ponish zeal back in my heart, just you wait.

But for now, it's midnight, and I need to go to bed.

Sincerely,
The Mountaineer Brony