State of my Blog…
I just posted about where I was going with my training. I thought I’d split this one off into its own post.
I’ve been thinking about what I’m up to in this blog. When I first thought about having a martial arts-only blog, I thought it’d be great to have a place to share my martial arts thoughts. But here’s the thing — I’m an introvert, and we introverts can just sit back and think our thoughts and not really feel a need to share them. I’ve thought about plenty of things I haven’t put on here, which is kind of a shame in a way. And Wife of State knows that language doesn’t necessarily come naturally to me: when I’m not taciturn, I’m usually laconic.
But that brings up another point: I’m lazy. My martial arts aren’t lazy, but I am. One of the goals of martial arts is to use the lesson one learns in the context of the dojang and to apply them to the rest of one’s life. Well, if so, I’m not there yet. If I can put things off, I do. I’ve had things on my to-do list for years. And I very rarely say to myself: Ooh, what I want to do now is write in my blog. If I’m not working or at the dojang or otherwise working out, I’m playing computer games, or watching TV shows on the DVR or DVD, or reading books, or one of several other things.
Anyhow, for the next couple of months, I’m going to change up what I’m writing about. In aggregate, whether I went jogging or lifted weights over the weekend isn’t interesting, and I’m not a fitness professional to turn it into a fitness blogs. There are several blogs I read that can make class recaps interesting (Steve’s BJJ Blog comes to mind); I don’t have the patience for that. I’m also not Black Belt Mama who can even make posts about her personal life interesting. I don’t have the technical expertise of a Wim Demeere or a Patrick Parker.
I believe that what I should be focusing on are “hot button” items that come up in teaching or in training. Things that really strike a chord with me for some reason or another. We’ll see how that goes. I might be posting less frequently (though, really, is that possible?), but hopefully I’ll actually come up with some worthwhile posts along the way.
Toy around with different styles and voices. Hopefully a post will stick with you and you can say to yourself ‘that was fun, I could see myself doing that all the time’.
Maybe you can be self analyzing, hypothetical, humorous, big picture oriented, detail oriented, or who knows what else!
Once you find a niche though its a good feeling.