So far, my blog has focused on a few core themes: work & productivity, reflections, stories, sport, and book reviews. I’ve tried to offer advice from experience or suggestions based on reflection.
This fits with the genre.
People often look for silver bullets that will fix something about themselves or provide an “ahah” moment.
“How can I work more efficiently?”
“What can I do to lose weight?”
“Why is it so hard to manage money?”
“Tell me the quickest and easiest way to get fit.”
The reader asks the question, and the writer (slash creator, slash artist) tries to provide the answer(s).
A key skill on the part of the creator is to guess the question(s) and to provide answers that seem appealing.
As I continue to write, I feel that offering answers is not enough. I’m not an oracle. I’m a pretty irregular prophet.
So, while I won’t stop offering reflections and suggestions, I would like to start being more proactive about stimulating you, my dear readers, to pose useful questions.
Answers often provide a short-term fix. Questions are more exciting. They prompt us to start journeys of discovery.
Like Bilbo Baggins stepping out of his round front door in The Hobbit, closing his garden gate behind him, gripping his walking stick tightly, and striding down the road. Singing. Perhaps to keep his fears at bay.