The case for diversity in the workforce is quite overwhelming, but how about the case for diversity of ideas within an individual blog?
For example, consider my blog, which currently has 54 Topic Categories. I have Categories ranging from AI Ethics, Healthcare Ethics, and Philosophy, to Writing Habits, Photography, and Creativity. How do these help me move my mission forward?
Aah. And here we get to the crux of it. What’s my mission—or, at least in this case, what’s my blog’s purpose?
Well, for now, my blog’s purpose is a place for me to play with a high quantity of ideas by expressing them in writing. It’s an internal purpose, which—as measured by frequency of blogging ( I do write a blog post every day, without ever having had a moment of writer’s block!)—is easily being met. But it certainly isn’t a blog platform that achieves a high number of page views, or can be monetized, or can move conversations on a topic of interest.
But I wonder, what if I had a more external goal for my blog, such as readership volume. For example, if I blogged daily about just one topic for a year, such as Deontology, or Ikigai, or the Definition of Health, what would happen then?
And here comes the tradeoff, at least for blogging: Focus vs. Diversity of Ideas. But perhaps it’s a false tradeoff? Perhaps I should bring a diversity of ideas around a very narrow focus?
Anyway, I have plenty of time to think this all through. For now, I will muddle along with my broad range of topics ( for example, this blog post will be categorized under Blogging), and continue to use my blog to improve my writing and my thinking. But who knows, one day I may just decide to write 365 consecutive daily posts on Python!