The current format of this blog has, I think, been taken as far as it can. Ideas are starting to get recycled. The same bits are making appearances over and over again. Proposing a ‘perhaps it’s like this’ can only take me so far, and I’m largely recycling ideas better expressed elsewhere. It’s high time I started acquiring some expertise, something that has been painfully absent. Confucius said ‘there is a single thread that binds my teachings together’, and I’m in dire need of a single thread that I can stick close to.

Beyond that, I feel in a bit of a rut. The same schedule day in and day out is bad enough when it’s you’re job, but when your supposed ‘leisure’ time is something you start to dread, that’s a good indication that a change is in order.

But this isn’t an excuse to give up on whatever goals I had set for myself – the prize still has eyes upon it. And forcing myself to write something every day has been valuable – at the very least it shows I’m capable of producing something. Something, however, is no longer enough. I’m closer to it, but a change of direction is needed to go any further. I’m aiming towards good, great, and beyond, and I think I’m close enough to it where I can reach it with a burst of self-motivation (something that has been lacking as of late). I’m hoping a format change will provide that.

So starting January 1st, I’ll be taking a slightly different tack with this blog. It probably won’t be TOO much of a change – my interests haven’t suddenly shifted – but I’ll be approaching them from a different angle. More focused, definitely. More personal, perhaps. More passion, absolutely.