Why can't I be you?
I’ve been sitting on this site for quite some time trying to figure out what I want to do with it. I often say that I seem to be getting dumber every day and nothing exacerbates that feeling more than the fact that I still can’t quite get a grip on what I want to do here. I have things to say. People who know me will probably tell you I almost never shut up. So why is it so hard for me to get started here?
The main problem is that there’s just so damned much in which I’m interested. I’m a musician, photographer, writer, editor … the list goes on. Do I make this blog about ALL those things? Do I focus on communications and social media? Then where do I write about my music? In most respects, I’m just a hack photographer, but I do take a nice shot every now and again, and I do care about the medium a great deal. I’d love for this to be a place where I can post my photos for people to see. What about cooking? I love to create new recipes and improve on old ones (well, USUALLY improve). Do I include that here, too?
In a lot of respects, this blog is starting to sound like a pretty good symbol of my whole life. I’m great at being mediocre at a lot of things. But I think I’ve often lacked the discipline to get really good at any of them. Is it laziness? ADD? General douchebaggery? Only my hairdresser knows for sure.
So here’s what I’m gonna do. I’m going to write about the things that interest me. I’ll try to be witty and interesting, but I promise nothing. This is not going to be a bitch site. It’s not going to be a place where I try to be overly profound. I’m just a guy who likes lots of stuff and wants to write about it.
Welcome!
“Is it laziness? ADD? General douchebaggery?”
No, you probably have a Scanner personality. That’s what Barbara Sher calls people with multiple interests in the book she wrote about us, Refuse to Choose. Here’s a YouTube clip of her explaining it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdSd8El_C8U She’s also on Twitter @BarbaraSher and I tweet as @ScannerTribe where I try to only follow other Scanners. Or you can check out my website for more info.
There are two main approaches to blogging for Scanners. You either have separate blogs for each interest, or one blog about everything, as you’re doing. I’m looking forward to your future posts
You’re very good at a lot of things, problem is you don’t always let yourself see it.