I don't know exactly how others determine what subject matter to blog about. As I have started to learn this process a bit, I've come to notice that my blogs seem to resonate better with people (i.e. comments or follow up emails to me) if they aren't pre-planned. In other words, if I'm deciding today that I'm going to write about my opinion on what's wrong in Syria for next week's blog, then it becomes more of a editorial-newsy thing than a blog. To me, a blog is more recent, more relevant, and usually a little more opinionated. It's more "off the cuff."
Like many people, I have a lot of ideas. And thus, I think I have a lot of blog ideas.
The problem is that recently I've been thinking about what a wide-ranging difference my blogs have, and I'm not sure that everyone wants to read every blog. I've had people email me or comment about my Mexico safety blog that probably don't care a lot about my pee developments. And I know there are plenty of people that care and are indeed praying for my pee developments, and they aren't so interested in my opinion on what's happening on the world stage.
So I'm going to do it. I'm going to create another blog. I'm going to keep "Jottings of a Dream Realist" as my "professional" blog. For those that know me, "professional" is clearly a loose term, but it applies more to the subject matters I'll be continuing to write about; commentary about broader issues that are outside my personal life here in Duluth, MN.
Therefore, I will be adding a new "personal life" blog that will be about all the topics surrounding life as a husband, father, sports fan, Duluth (soon to be Hermantown!) resident, etc. I'll keep my opinions on the NBA and NHL playoffs to this blog.....plenty to write about, but I'll keep it in its appropriate place. It's certainly not a world-changing topic.
What do I call this blog? I'm not sure. I may pose the question on Facebook to see if anyone has any ideas.
Have an idea for a name? Let me know!
Peace and Q's.
