New direction

I've always struggled with consistently posting on a regular basis, and the last few months were no exception.  I started working full-time in May, which was a big adjustment for not just me but for my family, too.  As any working parent would say, it became increasingly difficult to find the time for proper meal preparation, household duties, and spending time with my child, nevermind blogging.  

My mind is always chattering.  If I'm not thinking about what I need to get done at work for the day, then I'm mentally jotting the list of things I need to get at the grocery store.  It was on my way to work the other day that I started to think about how my family now follows a new pattern, and even 6 months later, we're still making tweaks.  But our routine is starting to solidify enough that I have resumed some other activities which I put on hold as we adjusted to my "new" work schedule.  Of course this blog jumped to my mind. 

Originally, I thought this would be a blog about all these (mobile) software development related.  Code snippets or anything interesting I'd come across.  Frustrations I'd meet in hunting down answers.  But I think there is enough of those out there, and I don't think I would be any different.  Besides, as much as I enjoy my line of work, I don't love it so much that I'd come home to blog about it.  Honestly, if I'm going to take the time to talk about something, I want it to be something I feel strongly (good or bad) about.  After talking to some friends of mine, it dawned on me that the thing I want to talk most about with my girlfriends is how I balance family, work, and my own interests.  

So the new direction I hope to take with maggiemo is not about Margaret or about mobile development.  It's about Margaret being both a mom and a mobile/web developer and finding sanity between the two.