Manic Monday: It’s Okay to Change Your Mind, I Think
When it comes to blogging, I guess I’m a flip-flopper. I keep changing my mind on how to blog and how to separate my topics. But, that’s okay. There are some very good reasons to change your mind sometimes.
- Things Change
Things do change. What was true yesterday may not be today. Certain things remain the same. One plus one is always equal to two (in base-10 math). But, other things, especially those regarding human behavior, are more in flux. People may think flashy graphics and music playing in the background is totally awesome one moment, and then become bored or even fed up with such websites months later. So, what was good then, might not be so good now. - You Learn Things
Sometimes you need to change your mind because new information becomes available. Or, you begin to see new trends on your website. A new, growing audience demands something different than what you’ve offered before. Or, they are attracted to the things you previously only rarely did, and now you feel you need to do it more often to maintain their interest. And, they may result in cutting back something else. - You Realize You Were Wrong
Everything you thought you knew turned out to be incorrect. But, it may not have been your fault. You might not have had enough traffic for patterns to emerge. But, as traffic grew, the patterns the “experts” told you about began to emerge and you have to rethink the way you had been doing things. - You Have More Time or Motivation
You may not have done something in the past because you just didn’t have the time or inclination to do it. And, present day, that might no longer be true. You might have gained more time, or you may have become more motivated to do things.
And, of course, it could be a combination of the things above.
With that in mind, I am (most likely and unless I change my mind again) going to start two new blogs.
First, I am going to spin out Antiques into its own blog. For one thing, it doesn’t really fit into this blog anymore, which I’ve said before. And, I even planned to spin it out before. But, then I started posting antique entries here and here. So, once again, I’m spinning…
Second, another blog, which I have previously mentioned, on gardening and houseplants. But, wait a minute, maybe I won’t. Oh, I am so undecided on this one…
Okay, so at least one new blog coming soon. Maybe two. Maybe not.
“First, I am going to spin out Antiques into its own blog.”
So your just doing this to mess with me right?
I am going to crush you. Muhahahahaha…
Besides, I thought you were starting a new blog anyway: HelpAWomanWith5KidsWhoDoesntWant2UseHerCollegeDegree4ARealJob.com
And that domain name is available, BTW. And, just barely falls under the maximum number of characters.
There’s a max to domain names? That’s news considering Icann is getting stupid-
liberal with domain name registrations!
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2220275/icann-promises-web-boom
They’re idiots!
I can’t wait to come up with my new top level domain names- they are going to end with
dot megalomaniac
dot crackhead
dot dcrblogssux
See- you can’t win Dan. I have crushed stronger bloggers then you. ;0)
If you have $104,000 to spend to start dot dcrblogssux, instead why don’t you just buy this blog and do whatever you want with it?
Because, Dan, spelling sucks with an x is more fun.
[...] It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, it’s that I don’t want to tell you yet. And, that’s especially true since, as many of you are aware, I have a habit of changing my mind. [...]
Einstein changed his mind on the cosmological constant later in life, I believe, so consider yourself in good company.