{"id":301,"date":"2003-12-31T23:34:35","date_gmt":"2004-01-01T07:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=301"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T08:00:00","slug":"years-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aprilgem.com\/log\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Year’s End"},"content":{"rendered":"

My sister noticed that I’ve been back-dating my entries, and she guessed that it was due to my recent illness. She guessed correctly, by the way; since my bout with flu, I’ve been too lazy to post on time and too stubborn to give up my original plan to paint a Christmas tree in the calendar.<\/p>\n

Why? Because I wanted to end this year posting entry #300, and the tree allows for that perfectly.<\/p>\n

See, I’ve been rethinking this whole online journal thing for 2004, and I’ve been planning some changes after the now failed finale. I don’t know what those changes will be yet, but I want them to be significant. I’m getting bored with the way things are right now, and I need a fresh outlook.<\/p>\n

I have never really written in this journal for myself. Nearly everything I’ve written here was meant for an audience—to entertain, to educate, and to share my not-so-personal news with friends and family. So it seems the best way to go about the changes is to consult first with you, the reader. I’d like to know what you want to see from me in the coming year, whether it be more tutorials or Kodak moments, less art or poetry, or whatever.<\/p>\n

Without holding back, tell me what you like best and what you like least, what keeps you reading and what makes you share. Be as honest and as specific as you like, as fawning or as brutal as you dare. Point out your favorite entries and your least favorite entries, and then tell me what it is about those entries that you loved or hated.<\/p>\n

Seriously. I won’t take it personally. I’ve learned after years of doing this that what I write and who I am are two completely different things. Any criticism of my writing isn’t necessarily a criticism of me, and just because someone likes my writing, it doesn’t mean they’d like me, the person, as well.<\/p>\n

Think of it as an investment, if you want. You spend your money and your time only on the books and the movies that you like (if you can help it). Even though I don’t charge a dime for my content, you spend a few minutes here every now and then, and I want you to consider that time well spent. So tell me what you’d like to see. I will do whatever I can to make it so, and I will do it happily because I love a challenge.<\/p>\n

So give it some time and think about it. Reread my archives. Then tell me what’s on your mind.<\/p>\n

And by the way, thank you, and Happy New Year!<\/p>\nShare this post:

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My sister noticed that I’ve been back-dating my entries, and she guessed that it was due to my recent illness. She guessed correctly, by the way; since my bout with flu, I’ve been too lazy to post on time and too stubborn to give up my original plan to paint a Christmas tree in the calendar. Why? Because I wanted to end this year posting entry #300, and the tree allows for that perfectly. See, I’ve been rethinking this whole…<\/p>\n

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