New direction

So... I've been thinking about taking the blog in a new direction. Maybe even starting a whole new blog. I don't know. I'm still merely in the 'thinking' stage (which, you know, can last forever).

It started awhile ago - when I said I wanted to be a writer. I didn't necessarily mean a writer of books. It could be as a copy writer, or technical writer, columnist in some free newspaper or blog or something.

I think a good place to start, though, is to write right HERE. In a more serious sense.

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The other day - I don't even know what I was doing - but I had the sudden urge to take a picture of something and just write my thoughts about it. It was scenery alongside the road. Nothing spectacular, but it was sort of just a... moment in time.

That gave me an idea: moments.

Originally I thought of trying to take one picture a day and, maybe post it to Instagram. I never use Instagram. Of course, I also have hardly any followers.

Then I thought about maybe starting a whole new blog. Post one thing a day; one picture a day... something like that. But something with more of a purpose. Maybe post a picture of one living thing each day. Or one static thing each day. One dead thing each day? I don't know...

However... I do already have THIS blog. "Every day with dan." What if I simply transformed this blog into an 'everyday moments with dan'? Rather than so many 'random thoughts,' or ideas, or personal items (or whatever it is this blog actually is)... I would be more focused on daily snapshots - actual photos that I took myself - that captured 'moments' from everyday life...

Hmm. So, I'm still trying to process it. But I kind of like it.

We will see...

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**Thinking later... The real problem with blogging is the sluggishness. Taking pics, converting them in a way I can put them on the computer so I can put them in a blog post, etc. This is why social media apps like Facebook and Instagram became so popular. But I am growing out of love with social media like that. In fact, I've already GROWN out of love. I want to remain committed to blogging. If for no other reason than because I'm an old curmudgeon who is set in his ways. So, I am investigating things like BlogTouch for Blogger. Something to make it easier to get pics from my phone to here. If anyone has any ideas... please do share.

***Even later still... Today I am in a rotten stinking mood and don't feel like going in ANY direction. So it's a good thing I wrote the above several days ago. What I really want is to be home right now looking at my coffee cup beside my computer while gazing out the window (instead of at this job I hate).