Looking back on my blog, I realized that I never really wrote an About Me/Introductory entry to explain what Outspoken is all about, so this post will serve as a very belated explanation post, as well as the start of a new direction for Outspoken.
I started this blog to express my opinions on different issues, mainly political and sports-related. I'm really opinionated so I thought it would be a good idea to have an outlet for my viewpoints. This isn't really a blog about my life. I don't want to make it one because, first of all, I don't really want everyone with an internet connection to be able to know what's going on with my life, and secondly, because I don't think anyone would want to read about the daily minutiae of my life. That said, I do want to try to use things that have happened in my life to illustrate my points and opinions. This is something I haven't really been doing lately but hope to do more of in the future.
When I started this blog my goal was to try to write one entry a week. I have obviously fallen quite a bit behind on that schedule. For a while I was posting just once a month; now I've gotten it up to once every two weeks, but I'm really going to try to get it up to once a week from here on out. One way I plan to do that is by changing the type of blog posts I write from long, well-researched manifestos to shorter, more off-the-top-of-my-head musings. I've probably been writing too much about politics lately and not enough about everyday stuff so that's something I'm also going to try to change, since everyday stuff lends itself to shorter posts anyways.
The other way I plan to increase my production is by having a lot more time to write. For the past five weeks I've either been on vacation, or interning (full time) on weekdays and taking an SAT prep class on weekends (and Friday nights). Before that I had to go through Junior year and all the work that ensued. None of that left much time for writing my blog, although that's not really an excuse for my dismal output. Next week, however, my internship will end, and my SAT prep class has already ended. The only work that's going to be left for the rest of summer is college stuff (visits, essays, etc.), this blog, and doing a little volunteering for Gerry Connolly. In addition, the coming school year is going to be my senior year, which means less work than junior year (I hope). So next week I hope to be back with a more substantive, though not too-substantive, entry.
No comments:
Post a Comment