User blog comment:Tdiandrockmusic2/I just don't have the passion anymore.../@comment-1874924-20100618144516

You must do what you think best, of course. When you’re growing up, it’s only natural—perhaps inevitable—that your interests will change from time to time.

That said, I would be saddened if you decide to leave. You were the first to welcome me to the wiki, and I, for one, think you are one of the wiki’s best noncomp writers, not to mention being perhaps the most prolific.

As for advice, I will say this: inspiration comes on its own schedule; so don’t try to force it. Set aside your projects for a time, if you must--perhaps take a “vacation” as a TAU-style reader/commenter--and one day your inspiration and your passion may return unbidden. One of the surest ways to kill passion is to keep working on something for no other reason than because you think it’s expected of you.

If you do leave (and I find myself wondering why your future here must be an all-or-nothing proposition), my understanding is that wiki accounts aren’t truly deactivated, but merely lie dormant; so if you returned one day, I’m sure those of your friends who are still here themselves would welcome you back. I know I would.

(I was going to post this last night, but the wiki was read-only at the time.)