With the introduction of Categories
on Scribbles, I find myself faced with a dilemma regarding my
existing blogs.
Currently, I have three main blogs (although
I have more, their purposes are clear):
- Musings with Ning: where I share refined thoughts about life that have been on my mind.
- Ningās Notebook: for notes on various topics in my life.
- Life of Ning: life updates not broadcast on RSS feeds.
I appreciate the distinction between these blogs, but my writing
topics are becoming a bit blurry and all over the place. I feel the need
to reconsider my strategy.
The content I plan to write will
include:
- Book notes/quotes
- Initial impressions and reviews
of movies, TV series, and books
- Musings on movies, TV series, and
books (blending my thoughts on life with what Iāve read and watched)
- Musings on life
- My personal life updates
- App
reviews
Most of these topics could easily become categories;
itās just a matter of aesthetic preference.
Should I blend my
musings on life with my thoughts on books, movies, and TV series, or
keep them as separate categories?
I believe that people who
enjoy movies wouldnāt mind reading about books, and vice versa.
That means I could place all reviews in Ningās Notebook and
refined musings in another blog. Alternatively, perhaps I should create
a separate media blog categorized as movies, series, books.
And what about app reviewsāshould they have their own dedicated
space, or be integrated into one of my existing blogs? App reviews are
quite different from other categories. I have tested thousands of apps
at this point and would love to share some recommendations with
others.
Consolidating all my interests into one blog
might require readers to switch contexts frequently while reading.
Additionally, I already have my aggregated site on
micro.blog. I aim to avoid such confusion.
However,
managing multiple blogs could also present its own challenges.
Do people enjoy reading multiple blogs from the same person? I
am uncertain. š¤Ø
Oh, I almost forgot about my Life of
Ning blog! Since there is an option to hide a post from RSS feeds,
perhaps I could merge this blog with Ningās Notebook and introduce life
update categories instead.
The idea of creating separate
media blogs is also tempting, but the thought of managing multiple blogs
is daunting. However, I canāt deny the appeal of keeping each category
distinct for readers.
These two images present my options:
1) Having 3 blogs as is, but with broad categories for
each topic.
2) Having separate blogs for each topic, using deeper
categories for people to browse through.
Looks like I have some decisions to make!
Sometimes having too many great options can also lead to problems. A
welcoming experience nonetheless! š