Rebirth

Welcome back.

Take a minute to notice the new color scheme and design theme of Critically Correct. Where I before focused on sharp lines and bold color contrasts, I have now turned to a concept filled with bright colors, subtle tonal shifts and consistent transparencies. This sort of carefully-shifted refinement is at the center of my renewed interest in reviving my writing career - and it starts with my blog, Critically Correct.

Critically Correct has traditionally been my personal blog first and foremost, as it will continue to be. In recent months my blog has reflected my life a bit too accurately, however: stale, slow, and monotonous. Since I left behind the frantic pace and schedules of college in 2008, I have settled into a routine of an eight to five job without much excitement elsewhere in my life. This has left me with very little to write about.

I feel that my writing is at its strongest when I am at my most active and my most creative. My life in recent months has been lacking these. Where is the excitement of the bustling BGSU campus or imagination of the love-struck teenager I was in high school? The experiences and imagination of my younger years provided plenty of inspiration for my writing. I have become complacent in my life; lethargic in the extreme. In December of 2009 I finally began to see this reflected in my writing on Critically Correct, and I had to do something about it.

Welcome to a highly refined, completely focused Critically Correct. You will still see me ramble and rant sometimes, but I have a strong desire to write with a purpose and a passion. When I publish from week to week I will focus on one among a handful of common, reoccurring topics. I'm making a strong effort to focus on the quality of my writing as well. Words, sentences, and paragraphs can quickly de-evolve into gibberish if they lack a certain amount of thought and care, which is why I intend to be very critical of my own writing before hitting that "Publish Post" button.

Another area of change for Critically Correct is the breadth of content. For the past two years or so I have been carefully screening what I write about and what I keep close to myself. In many cases I held back more than I wanted, and I consider all future blog entries to be firmly in free-for-all territory. Will some of what I have to say upset a few people here and there? Oh, most definitely. However, Critically Correct has not been the same since I have not been the same, and being able to free myself from artificial censoring constraints means I can post more frequently, with my interests, and with much more passion.

I can't wait to share a great 2010 with you.

B3 out.