It happened again. Much like I discussed back in December and January, I had another situation where the urge to write about something current actually inhibited my ability to work on this site.
However, this time, I was able to think through the situation more clearly and came up with the most obvious of things – I’ve lost touch with what I originally wanted to cover on this site.
Here’s what happened. I’m the kind of person who just has to express what they think. This is normal for many people of course, and that usually goes fine as I write about things I like, projects I’m working on, etc.
The problem comes when something I care about has a major negative element to it – such as the current scene in space technology and the rocketry industry – it’s an incredibly toxic place right now, but it’s something I’ve been passionate about for effectively my entire life.
Naturally, as much positive as I wish to discuss, I’ll equally discuss the negative. The problem is when the negative takes over, and that’s what’s been happening off and on for the past year.
This has inhibited my ability to write about what I love, and have fun with the site, which defeats the entire purpose of the site! What good does it do me to maybe get out 1 article every few days about something that I think is worth tearing down that, in the end, gets me nothing, versus writing 2 or 3 other articles on things I really enjoy, and getting more content that’s not only less time sensitive than current events but also will attract a much broader (and much more positive) audience?
It’s just common sense, but in the drive to express what I think about topics, and participate in the discussion in my own way, I’ve lost the whole purpose of this site.
Sure, it’s “A geeky blog about nothing” at the core (which is actually a Seinfeld reference to it being “A show about nothing” even though I’ve never watched Seinfeld…) I still have to keep some kind of focus.
This doesn’t mean I’m not going to express what I think about some subjects, but it does mean I won’t do it here. I’m going to keep the focus on Xadara to what I always intended it to be. While it has always been intended as a place for me to express myself, there is still a certain point to stop at, and I’ve stepped well beyond that in the past couple of years.
So, what am I getting at? Well, as I tried to do earlier this year and decided against, I’ll be moving much of my previous writings regarding some subjects, and entries which I deem “too negative” will be migrated over to a secondary blog, independent of but still related to this site. I’ll be re-using the old title of “hostile space” since I feel that actually very well fits the type of content that will be in that space, articles that are somewhat hostile, or are about subjects some may find hostile or aggressive.
I’ll be cleaning up this site, removing older entries that have been migrated and maybe eliminating some older articles all together, if I feel they no longer serve their purpose on either site.
I would imagine this will provide me with more time and energy to focus on what I’ve wanted to write about (in some cases topics that have been on the backlog for over a year) and on other projects. When I need to vent about something major, I’ll have the secondary blog, but for all the things I love, or things that are more comedic to write about? Well, that’s what this space you’re on right now is for. The good stuff.
This will also give me a chance to better organize my writings, as well as focus on covering even more eccentric but still fitting content.
Blogging is about expression. At least, it is for me. While I mentioned in “Blogging Therapy” that sometimes you just have to let something out, there is a time and place for everything, and my “this site is a catch-all for everything I feel like sharing” attitude in the past few years simply isn’t working.
It’s time to shift things around, and I think that will make things much more pleasant, and make me happier in the long run. That’s what we all want, anyway, right? To enjoy ourselves.
More to come, as always. Thanks for reading.