And by you, I mean me.

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Sometimes you make mistakes.

When venturing into uncharted territory, you try to choose the right path. You use your logic, reasoning, and past experiences to make a decision that, based on everything you know, should be right.

And then you get to the dead-end of the maze and the Mouser eats you.

Look how scared that mouse is!

I started this blog in January and I didn’t know what I was doing.

I was (and still am) just writing randomly about anything. Look at the categories (on the right), they’re all over the place!

Sometimes I wish I could start over. Do it right from the beginning. Start flawless and carry that through everything I do. Perfection.

But what would I do differently?
I would write about interesting stuff.
I would use an engaging title for my posts that makes readers WANT to read the post.
I would gather my thoughts and provide clear, concise paragraphs.
I would proof-read my work.
I would stress quality over quantity.

What if I started like that now?

Well, first I would need something specific to write about.
Web Design? Nah, not my strength.
Web Development? I’m not up-to-date to write anything. Anything I write would have questionable reliability.
Comics? I haven’t collected them consistently in over 5 years
Anime? I don’t watch new stuff too frequently
Manga? I don’t read new stuff or even manga in general too frequently
Games? I’m not a real gamer. I mostly just replay old games…not much to write about when you play side scrollers, puzzle, and fighting games
Photography? I’m still learning, I don’t know anything yet
World of Warcraft? I quit that game
Toys? I only buy specific toys…and it seems like it’d be expensive topic to write about

I can’t even get past the first step! Okay, the optimist will say I should pick something, maybe the thing that interests me most, and go with it. The thing again is that I don’t want to write about any one thing. My target audience is someone like me. Well, it is me.

Now you might be thinking “Who says you’re doing anything wrong?”
Multiple sites on “How to blog” tell you basic 101 things that I don’t follow.

I dunno, I’m just trying to…figure it out. I’m not happy with this blog. I’m not happy with the content I write about. But I enjoy writing. I guess I just wish that I had readers that enjoyed my writing as well or the things I write about. It’s just that with a blog like this, I really feel like I’m not accomplishing anything. I can’t really say “I made this” and show it off with pride as it’s not something I’m proud of. I’m proud of the site itself, that I got off my ass to do something. But this blog isn’t an accomplishment, it’s just something that…provides an outlet to an over-thinking mind.

/needs direction. much like this blog, i’m all over the place. this blog really is me in blog form.

There’s an inherent problem with this blog. I’ve thought about this for a while now but after looking at this guy’s web comic http://bradcolbow.com/, it sparked my interest to write about the issue.

The problem is that warrenshea.com has no direction, no general focus, no point. And thus, no audience (except me, and you). It’s a personal blog.

It bothers me a bit that I have people who view the site, continue to read things, but stop after a day, week, month. Obviously I’m not writing content that interests them. So who am I writing for? Who’s my target audience, other than me?

….I don’t know.

I’m not cut out to write about one thing or topic. Again, I’m a jack of all trades all around, always have been. I have many interests and none of which I want to focus on. I tend not to do up-to-date research on anything, I’m always a bit behind….probably because I focus on so many things. I guess…I’ll leave it a personal blog for now. But I’m not satisfied, I want a site that’s widely and publicly known…

I guess this blog will continue as is until I decide what to dedicate my time to. I have an idea….I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Stay tuned :)