Most of the time, the words come pretty easily when I open up the site to write about this great sport. Today, it wasn’t quite as easy. I came back to this post on and off for many days and weeks.
I’ve been struggling for a while with how to continue doing this thing that I love 100% while also supporting my family, doing my 'real' job and getting a few spare hours of sleep here and there. Having Ryan Pennington along for the ride from 2017 to 2020 was very helpful in that regard. Not attending games in person last year, while not ideal, was also helpful in terms of hockey/life balance.