Not in a day-to-day sense. I'm sure many of us feel like we could be involved more, serving more, loving more. Then again, we may want to do less. And sleep more. After 5 hours, I'd like to sleep more.
Oh yeah.
A long-time friend got me thinking. She has had one blog for a long time. It began as a personal blog with all sorts of vulnerability and life lessons. It was fun for me to read because (a) we're friends, and (b) she's a great writer. Over time she added in book reviews and more writing along that line, which is awesome because she's great at that stuff, and it's what she loves.
What's great for her is those reviews have drawn a whole new crowd. Of course, I don't read them much. So, to accommodate all her fans, she's now divided her blogs into personal and professional.
I've thought about doing the same thing, mostly because I want to challenge myself to write on topic, as well as contribute to a larger body of knowledge and experience in a valuable way.
What would I write on?
I would likely make it worship related. Part of me wants to add in all sorts of reflections on Christian life. But then that blog is already like my current blog. Hmph. I guess the difference (he mentally processes as he types) is the thrust of the blog would be worship: Sunday sets, ideas, problems, issues, theology, liturgy, etc. Now there are already a bunch of those out there, so what would my niche be? What would make me different? That's always the marketing thought.
But, as The Golden Circle teaches us, starting with Why is much more effective than What. So, why would I do this to begin with? What's my foundational belief?
Ideally, here's where I would say, "I believe I have a unique contribution to the world." As a person, I think that's true. As a blogger? I'm not sure.
Here's where you, my readers, help me out. Have you noticed anything that makes my writing/topics markedly different than anyone else's? A perspective I have that I should exploit? Is there anything you think I should focus on or toward? What are my strengths you think I should play up? Anything I should cut out?
This could be a good thing for all of us.
