Closing up shop

When I started this blog in 2005, I was beginning the task of studying for my comprehensive exams. As Bewildered Academic, I could safely vent my frustrations to the internet and work through the tangled web of emotions and ideas in my mind. I also met a lot of amazing bloggers and found a community that reminded me I was not alone in my struggles.

Over the past year, though, the blogging has slackened off, partly because I couldn't find much to write that was interesting, and partly because I found myself without the time to do much writing. Now, as I sit at home for the last night before departing for five months of fieldwork, I find myself feeling as if I have outgrown the blog I built. I am no longer the same person I was when I began this blog, and it feels like now is a good time to stop and try something else. As such, I have decided to close out all the old entries and make a clean break of it.

I want to thank all of the people who have read or commented on my entries. I know I haven't always been good about responding to comments, but they have brought me comfort knowing that my words don't just disappear into the ether of cyberspace. I may blog elsewhere, but for now, I think I need to take a break. Thanks for being such supportive readers!

Sincerely,
Bewildered Academic