claudine_c

Last year I started a new blog, thinking to separate my religious/church writing from the rest of my blog. I don't think this has improved or increased my writing, and it seems hardly worth the trouble to maintain different blogs if I post so rarely. My main concerns are: that the religious content bothers some of my LJ friends (but hey, others appreciate it); and that there isn't enough geek content here to warrant inclusion on LinuxChix Live. That could be solved by including more geek content, and/or using a planet-specific tag. I should become more disciplined with my use of tags and friend lists.

I've found that keeping my different areas of life isolated from each other contributes to a fragmented sense of self, which doesn't feel healthy. It might work for other people; it doesn't work for me. So, dear readers, what do you suggest? If I use this blog for any kind of content, including the messy personal and religious stuff, will a lot of you run away screaming?

I've started a new blog, for a number of reasons. I'm a bit wary of the new sale of LiveJournal; I wanted to try out WordPress; and I thought it would help to have a more thematic focus for my writing. I used to write more often, and more substantially, in this journal, but lately it has become dominated by 'what I did today' and 'what I'm doing next week' entries. There's nothing wrong with that, but I need to find some more direction for my writing/blogging.

Or maybe I just want to play with a shiny new toy. There's nothing wrong with that, either.

I think that, initially at least, I might steer my more explicit God-talk into 'lighten our darkness' rather than this journal. That way, my LJ readers can filter out the God-talk if they don't like it. I am aware that I've been on LJ for a few years and have developed a healthy set of contacts here. I'm not going to abandon LJ as it's a good way of keeping up with friends and contacts who are already here, and I'll probably still use LJ for 'what I did today' and other miscellaneous posts. My ramblings on religion and vocation will go to the other blog, which may come to some of you as a relief.

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