Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Final (?) Update on Blog

Back in 2013, I started this blog for two reasons - because I saw a lot of misinformation amongst the general public about the fields of law I practice that I hoped to correct and because I rather candidly hoped that running a blog like this would bring in some new clients for me.  Over the course of three years, I made numerous regular posts on a wide range of topics within my fields of law, and I did, in fact, bring in a number of new clients too.

Then, life happened.  In early 2016 my second child was born.  On top of that, my caseload at work ballooned to a level that I simply did not have the down time at work that I once did.  Even more than that, I simply started running out of ideas for blog entry topics.  The every other week posting schedule I had been on simply became untenable.  Finally, in October of 2016, I did a post about the status of the blog promising that I would continue to blog when inspiration struck, and I'd continue doing my annual changes in the law post, but that I would no longer operate on a schedule.

What I did not realize is that the combination of time and inspiration for posting would come less frequently than the even limited amount I'd thought it would in October of 2016.  That post ended up being my last post of 2016.  I did four posts in all of 2017, six in all of 2018, just one (the changes in the law update) in 2019, and two (the changes in the law update and a special on COVID) in 2020.  And this post is my first of 2021.

The Virginia General Assembly this year passed a number of important laws, several of which directly impact my fields of practice.  Landlord/tenant law in particular is rife with upheaval and change as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and yet, I have lacked the time or energy to write about it.  I have spent the last three weeks trying to find the time and energy to write my annual changes in law update post, but the reality is, even that I have not found the time or energy to do.

So, all of that tells me I need to take an honest look at this blog and say I think it's time to hang it up, so to speak.  I will, of course, leave this blog up as people still read it, still ask me questions about its contents, and still sometimes even retain my services due to it, though I will need to add a disclaimer to note that I can no longer vouch for it being up to date.  I will happily continue to monitor and respond to comments and answer e-mails about topics raised here, but I do think this is going to be my last post.

Doing this blog was a ton of fun when I was active, and having it even while I haven't been actively updating it has been a source of pride for me.  I hope all of you have gotten as much out of reading this blog as I have had writing and maintaining it.  Good luck out there and remember - the law is your friend.