I’ve never had a problem hitting the delete key on a manuscript or balling up what I wrote just to throw it into the nearest garbage bin. That’s to say, unless it has value or purpose. I’d never do that to my poetry collection (again) or a manuscript that I’ve published (or feel could be published). I’ve known lots of people who won’t let go of anything they write. But that’s not me. It must have current value or purpose, otherwise it’s just a waste of space.

That leads me to where I’m going with this, the “blog”. The site itself has had many incarnations through the years in not only in content but backend architecture and design. In hindsight, those incarnations were the result of my changing needs and goals. In the last few years, it’s helped me type and assemble my poetry collection, track my progress on getting published again and kept me on path to reach my goals. But yet again, its current purpose has run its course.

Or has it? I’m not a professional career writer yet. But I want to get there. I’m not at a healthy weight yet. But I want to get there too. Like everyone, I’ve got short term goals and long term goal. But I think I’ve been approaching my site the wrong way. It’s not about individual goals or a single purpose. It’s about the journey itself and that’s what my site needs to be geared towards.

Over the next little bit, given that life seems to be stuck in “hectic mode”, I’ll slowly be making some small changes (as I can) to the site to gear it towards the journey, rather than a specific set of goals or purpose. It’s time to reduce the extras and the stress, recycle what doesn’t work and reuse what does. It’s time to firm up my resolve. It’s time to narrow my focus. It’s time to get things done, MY way. It’s time to take a journey.