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A tentative step to being more pro-active
Mar. 22nd, 2012 09:41 pmI've been blogging at this little LJ address for 8 years now. That's longer than I've stuck at most anything! I love my little LJ community and sharing my life and lessons with you, but for a while now I've been thinking about blogging in a different way. Blogging as a way to join and shape the conversation about how best to live a sustainable life, how to understand the science and interpret the politics of the environment and how to create the kind of future I want to live in.
I've brainstormed, I've researched, I've networked, I've procrastinated and prevaricated, but still the idea hasn't gone away, so I'm giving it a go. Dipping a toe into world of subject-matter blogging, shouting into the void and hoping someone, somewhere, is listening. I'm working on the shape of things to come.
I'll still be banging around here though. LJ is still a special (if shrinking) corner of the internet with a wonderful community. It's a place where I can write about the personal and it means a lot to me. But hopefully I'll start writing more about science and sustainability, building my communication skills, growing my network and learning a lot about sustainable societies. It's where I'm thinking my future might just be, if I work hard at it and grow these little seeds of inspiration into the knowledge, drive, skills and passion needed to turn a hobby into a career.
I don't know anything about "professional" blogging. I set the site up one insomniac night and muddled my way through the WordPress settings to come up with something that didn't completely offend my eyeballs. If I keep up with it then I'm going to look at getting some help with coding and design, but hopefully it's ok for now. It's going to take me a while to find my voice, to hit my stride. I will need to get better, and to that end constructive criticism and feedback is most definitely sought.
As always, you lot rock my world.
xoxo
I've brainstormed, I've researched, I've networked, I've procrastinated and prevaricated, but still the idea hasn't gone away, so I'm giving it a go. Dipping a toe into world of subject-matter blogging, shouting into the void and hoping someone, somewhere, is listening. I'm working on the shape of things to come.
I'll still be banging around here though. LJ is still a special (if shrinking) corner of the internet with a wonderful community. It's a place where I can write about the personal and it means a lot to me. But hopefully I'll start writing more about science and sustainability, building my communication skills, growing my network and learning a lot about sustainable societies. It's where I'm thinking my future might just be, if I work hard at it and grow these little seeds of inspiration into the knowledge, drive, skills and passion needed to turn a hobby into a career.
I don't know anything about "professional" blogging. I set the site up one insomniac night and muddled my way through the WordPress settings to come up with something that didn't completely offend my eyeballs. If I keep up with it then I'm going to look at getting some help with coding and design, but hopefully it's ok for now. It's going to take me a while to find my voice, to hit my stride. I will need to get better, and to that end constructive criticism and feedback is most definitely sought.
As always, you lot rock my world.
xoxo
