If you have followed me for a while you might have noticed I
have taken a break from a few of my social media accounts like Facebook and this
blog. I needed to take some time to
start to really work out how I felt I could best utilize each different site so
they all remain fresh and fun and interesting.
I am finally starting to get it worked out in my mind and thought the
start of the new year was the perfect time to get back into the routine of
posting here.
I have done a lot of experimenting on this blog testing out
different types of content and different ways of presenting it ultimately trying
to decide how best to utilize it to connect with other people all over the
world while staying true to myself and my interests. I find many bloggers to be very repetitive
across their different forms of social media which I personally find to be very
boring and wasteful and probably keeps their channels from exploding in ways
they don’t realize should be happening for them, and that is something I would
desperately like to avoid. I want my
internet friends to find something new and interesting everywhere they turn
when it comes to my social media. I want
subscribing to my content in each location to benefit you in different ways,
but to still reflect our mutual interests in each location and my goal of
sharing multiple passions and interests of mine with others. I want the content to jive in ideas without
being repetitive and I’d like to be able to direct you to the different social
media sites when it makes sense to do so without sending you there to find out
it is an exact repeat of what you just saw.
I want it to be interactive because that is what makes blogging fun for
everyone and I like the idea that if you are going from one form of social
media to another when appropriate it should feel exciting or interesting almost
like a treasure hunt would be.
I believe that the biggest reason why social media is so
popular is that we (meaning those of us who use social media regularly) are all
searching for safe forms of social interaction and ways to share and connect
with people who want the same. We want
to learn new things and try new things and compare opinions on new things and
then share those new things with other people who also want to learn and try
new things and share opinions. We want
to connect with people we would never encounter otherwise and really we just
want to have fun and relax and escape from our stressful lives for a while.
I’ve decided I really want this blog to be a place where we
DO things together and I mean literally do the same things at basically the
same time so that we can share and interact in real time. I want us to sometimes do new things and sometimes
old things and sometimes different things and sometimes harder to find things
and maybe sometimes even repeat some things we have done before so we can see
if we still feel the same way while giving new friends a chance to catch up.
So, what does all this mean?
Well, my intentions are this… we will begin with something that we can
do together and as we finish one activity we will begin another… together… and
I will give advanced notice on what is starting when so you have time to
acquire the item if you need to. For
example, if we are going to be reading a book together I will tell you what
book it will be and when we will start it ahead of time, and I will even try to
share where you can get your hands on it if you need to. Then as we move through each activity
together we can share and connect over it.
My hope is that as we progress from one activity to the next we will
begin to build connections by trying new things and even though they will be
very different each time there will always be some thread that weaves them all
together. A book might lead us to a
movie which might lead us to a soundtrack or a product or a recipe and so on
and ultimately we just keep doing together and trying together and sharing
together.
So, if you are looking for people to DO things with from the
comfort of your own home or your car or the break room at work or your bathtub
or wherever and you don’t really care what it is that you do because you enjoy
new and different experiences then you’ve come to the right place. If you want to share the experiences and
connect with other people then stay tuned.
You are in the right place and I will be announcing our first activity
very soon. Be sure to subscribe or at
least bookmark the blog so you don’t miss a thing. The connection train will be leaving the
station shortly and you don’t want to show up to the party late.
