Just another dent in the damage...

For me writing this blog is a means to write. I write about whatever is on my mind I guess, whether that be a book I’ve read, a film I’ve seen, maybe it’s something work related, maybe it’s something totally random. I’ve always been quite happy not having a clear purpose or a specific interest to write about but I find this occasionally makes it more difficult to tell people what I blog about. I guess you could say I just blog about whatever I feel like, not for a specific reader, but rather for anyone with a general interest.

It’s very difficult for me to concentrate on one particular topic so I tend to just cover it all. I write about what I do, what I like, what I’ve seen etc. I thought a Wordle might give me an idea about what I’ve blog about in the past to give me a more clear focus for the future, instead it just confirmed the randomness of my ‘dents’, and I think I quite like it.

Now my question is. do blogs really need a specific purpose, do I need a target audience, does it put people off coming back to read when one minute I write about QR codes and the next I’m writing about the mass slaughter of marine mammals? Again I’m finding the whole divide in personal and professional too difficult to maintain. I want librarians to come here and see something they weren’t expecting, I want vegans to come here and read about something other than recipes and animal rights abuses, I want my friends to come here and see what I’m up to, I want work colleagues to see what my interests are outside the work place. I want to use this blog to reflect who I am not what I do.

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