In the traditional Ethiopian calendar, New Year’s is in September. Perhaps there’s a bit of Abesha in my heart, because September always feels like New Year’s to me too. The school year starts, and with a child in school and married to an academic, the beginning of leaves falling always feels like a new chance. Contrast that with January. It’s still cold. We’re in the let-down after Christmas. How is that a good place to put the new year? Ethiopians have it right.

So, since this is my new year, I made my resolution. I am stepping back from social media. Sort of. In that I’ll still be there but not constantly. Checking my email/facebook/twitter every five minutes just to see nothing there, this is not good for mental health. So now I check in the morning and if I have something to say/post/write then I do again, but really, I’ve got very little to say/post/write.

So I won’t be around much online for the next little while. Probably good so I can read and review the sixteen books I have from netgalley.