Day three-hundred-five

I'm finding that as we get closer to the end of the year, my enthusiasm for this blog is starting to wear thin. Part of it seems to be that this blog has been essentially an online journal, sharing my thoughts and feelings, but mostly a lot of just talking about whatever happened on a particular day. While I'm amazed that I've kept it up, I'll readily admit that the blog hasn't been all that it could be.

I've been thinking about retiring this blog at the end of the year, and starting a new one January 1st. While this blog has been an opportunity to share with others, I think I want to try something different with the next one.

First of all, I don't want to just write about "here's what happened to me today". While I haven't decided yet, I'm considering not doing daily updates. I held myself to updating daily because I felt at first that if I didn't do it daily, eventually I wouldn't do it at all. Going the daily update route has been a mixed blessing, to say the least. While daily updating taught me the discipline to write, the downside has been that much of what I've written is t very interesting to read. Typically, I don't go back and look at what I've written, because I know that much of it is just regurgitating the events of the day.

Secondly, I really only want to write what appeals to me. I've been thinking about writing more prepared material, like movie or TV reviews, food items, etc. I want to continue to write about my walk with the Lord, but I've never really set out to write a specifically Christian blog. There are many of those, and I've generally elected to write about those issues with which I've dealt as a believer, frankly because those are the things I can best speak to as a believer.

Thirdly, I want a better title. Almost as soon as I titled this blog, "That Blog by That Guy", I've hated it. Therefore, unless someone comes to me with a better name, the new blog is tentatively named A Blog Called Sheila. I like this name because it's lighthearted, memorable, and I like the name Sheila.