on focus

Something I've struggled with this blog is the lack of focus. In a way it reflects my vast array of interests and things I think about, hobbies I enjoy and of course my career. In all honesty, it reflects my life. I've never had great focus. I'm that kid in school who always had comments like...

Josh is a good student, but he would do much better if he would focus.

Josh is a pleasure to have in class, he could apply himself a bit more though. 

Ha... too true. As a result, all the topics I blog about together form a mishmash of music, lifestyle, cognition, cooking, travel, sports and medicine (more or less respectively). I enjoy writing about these topics but it becomes difficult to get a flow going over long periods of time. I think this type of flow is important for me because it lets me evolve the way I write about my topics, and keep a more consistent motivation to keep writing. Like exercising, it has to become a routine before it starts to feel natural and something that becomes truly enjoyable.

I've been thinking about this matter over the last few days and it's difficult because I've always enjoyed just saying whatever I want on this blog and focusing in some ways feels like closing doors. And how do I consolidate such topics? Music, fitness, travel, and life in medicine. They don't really match. Then I start thinking of what other blogs have that make them successful. What would people want to read?

Then I stopped.

That's not me. I am a jack of all trades both in the sense of my profession as I train to my a family physician, but in the sense of my hobbies. As a result, I think I should continue to represent that in this blog. It's not like I need to do this for a living.

Of course, I will make sure I avoid reaching John Tesh-esque levels of ubiquitous jibber jabber where he basically tells you how to run your life.

I will say that I am going to try to reflect more on the medical side of my life. I ran through my twitter account and the far majority of it was on sports, humour and entertainment. Sure I enjoy these things, but should I not also be sharing more of what I know and what I am (or should be?) spending most of my time doing? Maybe just a bit more.

Lastly, this post has inspired me to make a name change to the blog... something I find a bit more fitting.


josh of all trades