Between Scylla and Charybdis
I sit on the horns of a dilemma.
On the one hand, I want to write a blog that provides actual value and has readers who are there for the content.
On the other hand, I want a place to talk about the issues I’m dealing with.
Lost In Translation is, sadly, kind of a middle ground, and suffering for it. On the one hand, I feel somewhat safe talking about my issues here, because frankly, I don’t have a lot of readers and so I’m relatively insulated from shoe-throwing. On the other hand, I feel like I should be providing value with my blog, and so I tone down the discussion of issues (and often don’t discuss them at all). On the gripping hand, I never post any content that’s not All About Me because I feel like anyone who came here, saw that, and then went back into the archives and saw just me and my subscription would be disappointed and frustrated.
And yet I don’t really want to start Yet Another Blog, because it’s already hard enough keeping up with two.
Back to the horns for now.
Talking about and through your issues does provide value for some people, though! It shows they’re not alone, it helps them see their own issues, you can give them hope assuming you make progress as you post. Take a look at Havi’s blog if you don’t believe me! I think you’ll do fine as long as you keep being you.
You can always distract us with photos of your cats with captions.
@Amy, I totally have an Internet crush on Havi. (Don’t tell anyone!) If I could be half as awesome as she is, I think I would have my dilemma solved because I wouldn’t need a space for me and my issues.