So. That poll about my dropped projects.

[capri0mni]

For the record: These're projects I actually enjoy, and have fun doing, when I get a head of steam going and actually do them. But I often fall victim to my own inertia, and I'm looking for suggestions on how to keep the mental/emotional fires stoked.

Think of this post as being in the same category as: "looking for advice on keeping up an exercise routine." Or: "looking for new recipes to keep my diet healthy and varied." I'm not secretly asking for "permission to give these up," because I don't want to give these up.

Anyway, the results were unanimous. alto2, jesse_the_k and pebblerocker all said that lapsed time is no real barrier, and I should just that should just leap back in.

Regarding what_if, the consensus was go ahead and play my own game; pebblerocker suggested maybe altering the guidelines/rules, and I'm contemplating doing that (maybe [?] taking out the requirement that people post the stories in their own journals, or... something).

alto2 made the rather good point that the blog title Treasures of the Heart was confusing -- that it made her think that it was a family nostalgia blog (*shudder* ick. A quote from some context I don't remember clearly: "I don't trust nostalgia; looking back is fine, but it's not nice to stare..." And I know too much of family dynamics to put a rosy-golden haze over everything). So I went ahead and changed it to "Once upon a time (like a ship upon the sea)", and I changed the description to a song verse I wrote once, that includes the phrase "treasures of the heart."

But -- once a Blogger blog is established, it turns out you can't change the url; one reply in the faq section said that it actually leaves the old url in place, and open to anyone to spam and take over, including dodgy porn-posters. The suggestion was, that if you really wanted to change the name of your blog -- if it was that important to you, you should start a brand new one, and link to it in the old one, with a note saying you've moved.

So -- Should I do that? Especially if I shift the focus and direction?

Or -- Is changing the title and description enough?

*ponder, ponder*

*puzzlement, puzzlement*

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Given the unlimited selection of Blogger blogs, I'd go with something unmistakeably closer to your intention.

[capri0mni]

*nods*

One other thing that alto2 said that was a helpful little nudge was that I'd probably have more motivation to keep it up if I were using the space to puzzle out questions and ideas, rather than just holding forth on what I know.

unmistakably closer to your intention

Ah, yes. That's the rub, isn't it? I need to figure out what my intention really is.

[pebblerocker]

I thought if you're going to shock the community back into life it's a good time to revise the guidelines to make sure they fit with your current state of being. Not that you should change stuff around for the sake of it :o)

A new blog, started with a new vision, sounds more appealing to me, especially if you don't like the name of the current one any more. You could always copy across some or all of the entries?

[capri0mni]

As for changing the rules, I wasn't thinking of anything major -- just maybe changing the "Post the answer in your own journal with a link to the story here" one. People might be less eager to do that, if they don't think anyone in their reading circle would be interested (and it also means granting access to everyone in the comm, which might be a deterrent).

And yes, I think I will start a new blog, especially since the old one has been inactive for over a year. I think 16 months is well past the expiration date, so to speak. I may need to do more meditation and puzzling on something new before I start it, though (See my reply to jesse_the_k).