The future of ShiatsuBlogger
I wrote on Monday that I would take a few days to decide how I wanted to continue with ShiatsuBlogger. I felt I had the following options:
- Keep going posting with a regular schedule
- Keep posting when I had something to say
- Close down the blog and move on
Closing down the site down was an attractive option. There is a voice that is telling me that any articles I write should support my shiatsu practice. Since that practice will have its own website my writing should be used to advertise that. Nevertheless, I still believe that this blog still has a role to play in my development.
I want to keep writing and I want to maintain ShiatsuBlogger. But the trap that I identified on Monday was that a posting schedule was too much of a drain on my overstretched energy. That means from now on I will be posting articles to this site only when I have something to say. That may be only once a week or more often but I will let my creative juices decide. It should mean I can write some more detailed articles that should serve those Googling for shiatsu information.
But I will be building up my practise website and writing there too. For the next few months I will be writing and placing the results on the most applicable site. That may mean the end of ShiatsuBlogger eventually or it will evolve into a different site. ShiatsuBlogger is a restrictive name and come the new year and my impending job loss I will certainly be looking to expand my writing horizons.
Sorry for the change but I really feel the next few months are going to be very exiting for me. Not only as a former corporate cog branching out on his own but as a fledgling writer leaving the comfort of the ShiatsuBlogger nest.
Tony Brown @ December 5, 2007
Hi (Gosh! i have been reading your blog for a while and don’t even know your name!)
I am a shiatsu practitioner in Sydney and was attracted to your blog because we both do shiatsu and are newbies. I think your posts have been pretty interesting and encouraging at times, although sometimes there are grouses, and i don’t really like those. Nevertheless, this blog has proven to the world that u are serious about your shiatsu and that u are putting your practice in your real life.
I think it will be a shame to stop blogging completely as this will be a very good marketing tool for your future practice. I hope u will continue blogging in this site or another.
All the best for your studies and practice.
Cheers,
Kaikit Wong
Kaikit,
Thank you for your kind comment. I am going to continue blogging on this site but also on another. I just want to relax the schedule so there are less grouses and more advice, opinion, and theory. So, Please keep reading.
Just visited your website - very nice. I see we both have an IT background before moving to shiatsu.
Good Luck with your practise.
Tony
Hi Tony,
I understand your need to take a break, start new things etc. I encourage you as always to continue writing! It is so refreshing to read about shiatsu from a perspective such as yours, which I think is fairly balanced and above all, honest. We can use more honest voices in the ongoing discussion about what it means to be in good health, don’t you think? I wish you continued success in your studies and of course in your future practice.