Blogging: Finding a Purpose.

I’ve been thinking about how I can utilize this forum for a purpose more meaningful than a public diary. I realized that a blog is a form of publishing – and that I can almost treat it as my own little magazine – that I publish myself. But what’s my niche? I can’t keep writing on an array of topics completely unrelated to each other. I need a purpose.

So then I thought – well – what would I enjoy reading about? What type of information is most interesting to me – to explore and learn more about. And more importantly, what type of information can I generate original content for?

There are many different types of blogs out there – for example check out this list 20 types of blogs – or this more concise list of 3.

While thinking about what my blog type should be, I generated a random list of content I could generate:

• Work Related: I’ve thought about doing a work related blog – which would discuss all the different issues and creative solutions I encounter at work.

• Activist/Political: I’ve also thought about doing an activist blog – which would promote a certain policy or course of action. For example, I could rally against what I consider to be completely unfair and bloated federal farm subsidies. Or I could pick a local issue, like fiscal responsibility in state and city government and discuss that.

• Journalistic: I mean “journalistic” in terms of the word journalist, rather than a diary. I could act as a journalist and write stories about local events and issues by following them myself.

grantgrigorian.com will likely remain a random collection of thoughts and remarks about me personally. But I want to create another blog, which will focus specifically on a particular topic. This way, I will be more motivated to post regular, thoughtful entries.