{"id":840,"date":"2010-12-12T15:20:27","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T21:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxmarmer.com\/?p=840"},"modified":"2016-01-29T20:30:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T02:30:28","slug":"why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I&#8217;ve Been On A Blogging Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have noticed, my blog hasn&#8217;t been very active the past 6 months.This is not because I don&#8217;t have a lot to write about. Quite the contrary. My mind, journal and drafts folder are full of ideas I&#8217;d like to turn into posts someday. Rather, I haven&#8217;t been writing because I don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s a good investment of my time right now. I believe people oscillate between phases of exploration and focus. The phases have distinctly different rhythms and goals. I described this theory in more detail in a post called the <a href=\"http:\/\/maxmarmer.com\/2009\/12\/the-t-model\/\">T Model: A framework for learning, work, personal growth and non-linear career progression.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I was in the exploratory phase I read lots of books, attended lots of events and conferences, met lots of people for coffee, and wrote a lot. I followed my curiosity down any path that seemed worthwhile. After a few years of learning I decided it was time to start executing and making things happen. My goal then became to find a project that I could commit to for at least four to five years. I wanted it to be aligned with my vision about where the world should go and be the biggest problem I felt I had a reasonable chance of solving. This lead to a lot of experimentation. Some projects lasted just a few weeks, others took almost a year. A little over a year ago I zeroed in on the problem side of the equation. 5 months ago I discovered the beginnings of the solution I was looking for.<\/p>\n<p>The gears shifted, my energy realigned, and the blog went silent.<\/p>\n<p>The general musings are still on hold for the foreseeable future, but over the next days and weeks I will be sharing a number of repostings and updates on my life and work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may have noticed, my blog hasn&#8217;t been very active the past 6 months.This is not because I don&#8217;t have a lot to write about. Quite the contrary. My mind, journal and drafts folder are full of ideas I&#8217;d like to turn into posts someday. Rather, I haven&#8217;t been writing because I don&#8217;t believe&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-personal-journey","cat-42-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why I&#039;ve Been On A Blogging Break - Max Marmer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I&#039;ve Been On A Blogging Break - Max Marmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As you may have noticed, my blog hasn&#8217;t been very active the past 6 months.This is not because I don&#8217;t have a lot to write about. Quite the contrary. My mind, journal and drafts folder are full of ideas I&#8217;d like to turn into posts someday. Rather, I haven&#8217;t been writing because I don&#8217;t believe&nbsp;Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Max Marmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maxmarmer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-12T21:20:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-01-30T02:30:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Max Marmer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@maxmarmer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@maxmarmer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Max Marmer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Max Marmer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47a3e2be930e26e7b4b550d29e5d7fb3\"},\"headline\":\"Why I&#8217;ve Been On A Blogging Break\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-12T21:20:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-30T02:30:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"articleSection\":[\"My Personal Journey\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why I've Been On A Blogging Break - Max Marmer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-12T21:20:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-01-30T02:30:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47a3e2be930e26e7b4b550d29e5d7fb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why I&#8217;ve Been On A Blogging Break\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Max Marmer\",\"description\":\"In Quest of Super Humanity: Via Consciousness, Biohacking &amp; Entrepreneurship\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47a3e2be930e26e7b4b550d29e5d7fb3\",\"name\":\"Max Marmer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/913395f01c68d915078d67ba9436a09e87ffbf4cd14fe6a4f273b6c1a1032fbc?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/913395f01c68d915078d67ba9436a09e87ffbf4cd14fe6a4f273b6c1a1032fbc?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/913395f01c68d915078d67ba9436a09e87ffbf4cd14fe6a4f273b6c1a1032fbc?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Max Marmer\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/maxmarmer.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.maxmarmer.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/maxmarmer\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why I've Been On A Blogging Break - Max Marmer","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why I've Been On A Blogging Break - Max Marmer","og_description":"As you may have noticed, my blog hasn&#8217;t been very active the past 6 months.This is not because I don&#8217;t have a lot to write about. Quite the contrary. My mind, journal and drafts folder are full of ideas I&#8217;d like to turn into posts someday. Rather, I haven&#8217;t been writing because I don&#8217;t believe&nbsp;Continue Reading","og_url":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/","og_site_name":"Max Marmer","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/maxmarmer","article_published_time":"2010-12-12T21:20:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-01-30T02:30:28+00:00","author":"Max Marmer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@maxmarmer","twitter_site":"@maxmarmer","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Max Marmer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/"},"author":{"name":"Max Marmer","@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/47a3e2be930e26e7b4b550d29e5d7fb3"},"headline":"Why I&#8217;ve Been On A Blogging Break","datePublished":"2010-12-12T21:20:27+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-30T02:30:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/"},"wordCount":311,"articleSection":["My Personal Journey"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/","url":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/","name":"Why I've Been On A Blogging Break - Max Marmer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-12-12T21:20:27+00:00","dateModified":"2016-01-30T02:30:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/47a3e2be930e26e7b4b550d29e5d7fb3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/why-ive-been-on-a-blogging-break\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why I&#8217;ve Been On A Blogging Break"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/","name":"Max Marmer","description":"In Quest of Super Humanity: Via Consciousness, Biohacking &amp; Entrepreneurship","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/47a3e2be930e26e7b4b550d29e5d7fb3","name":"Max Marmer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/913395f01c68d915078d67ba9436a09e87ffbf4cd14fe6a4f273b6c1a1032fbc?s=96&d=blank&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/913395f01c68d915078d67ba9436a09e87ffbf4cd14fe6a4f273b6c1a1032fbc?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/913395f01c68d915078d67ba9436a09e87ffbf4cd14fe6a4f273b6c1a1032fbc?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Max Marmer"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/maxmarmer.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/author\/maxmarmer\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840\/revisions\/848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maxmarmer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}