You may not have known this previously, but I have embarked on all sorts of themed writing missions for years. Some of them were without a mission (in fact, many of them were). For others, more recently, I set a mission, the parameters thereof, and its purpose thereof... and within months I found my motivation in sticking with the mission falling apart, not long followed by the whole project falling apart.
So I'm not surprised.
That said, in the three months...ish... since I re-started this blog, I did in the short amount of time already achieve several items on my list off my mission statement: I have shared about my faith via the Lenten devotionals (which I did much better on than I originally expected); I have also shared a couple of significant dreams and visions. In
I have also, in my opinion, veered on the edge of venting and sharing quite a bit, including a few personal details. At the time I believed that those details I shared were important to the point I was making in the post, and even now I still stand by that. I think I've done okay otherwise regarding not rambling, although I recognize that that depends on the eye of the reader.
The thing that stands out the most, though, is that I haven't talked about music. (I did have one Lenten devotional where I took a photo of a photocopy that a friend gave me of a hymn, but that's it.) Music, and particularly taking my career in it to the next level, has not happened. Not only that, but I am starting at the reality, and really a desire, of moving on from music. For now, at least. I am preparing to re-launch my job search, to find a line of work for the next chapter of my life that will provide both security (which I've more or less had), with a necessary increase in income (which I've not had for some time).
I suppose that is the main thing: my goal in re-starting this blog was to use this as a platform to practice what I imagined would eventually involve creating another blog, this time exclusively for music, and also as a way of generating business, and a way of being a self-sustaining side business. I would make money on a blog on another website, sharing my thoughts and opinions about music, because, over the last 6 years since I last made a career change, I've not only discovered that I have opinions about music, but also that I have a lot of opinions about music. Moreover, I found myself wanting to learn even more so that, among other reasons, I can have even more thoughts and opinions on music.
But alas, time is short. I believe earnestly that life is calling me in a different direction, at least for now. I don't yet know what that means for this blog. It'll stay here for now, maybe for a great long while. ["For Everything There Is A Season."]