An Announcement

I wrote this post on August 17, and I will wait until this Friday to post it, in order to make sure that it is not something impulsive and that it is something that I will seriously work towards achieving. I need to make sure that I am not making a mistake by writing this in the spur of the moment, and that's why you will either be seeing this on Friday or not at all.

Here's the announcement:

I am planning to overhaul the current state of the blog, and to introduce a new and regular schedule for posting. Various days of the week will be designated a topic, providing this blog with a variety of posts. By doing this, I hope to create content that will appeal to the many people. This will be a very long and tedious task, but it is with the intention of a better blog.

Let me provide a bit of context on this before I delve into the flesh of this post. As any person would know from looking at my blog, my posts are very irregular, random, and impulsive. It's not bad, not at all, hell, you could call it beautiful in a way. But I want to start moving away from that and start providing meaningful content for those that spend any of their time on this pitiful site. I don't want people to look at a post and think, "Oh it's going to be another terribly made post about matters in Kevin's life that don't affect me and never will."

My new goal is to give new insight on various topics, in an orderly and professional fashion. But I don't want to remove myself completely from the "personal blog" tag. I will still be occasionally uploading posts about my life, filling in any interested souls. By doing this, I hope that I can achieve a sort of equilibrium between having a homey-feel and writing with integrity on uncharted things.

There will still be the regular and seasonal anime posts, but over the next bit I'll be gradually adding new segments (for example: Ethical Wednesdays, Anime Fridays). By doing this, it guarantees that there will be a variety of content on my blog, appealing to different audiences. I don't want to make everything for a specific niche though, so I hope to interest the average reader with a sense of comedy and light-heartedness.

While anime posts will be sticking around with some other things, there are some details that will be leaving this blog. The two that come to mind immediately are rating my day and a quote at the end of every post. The rating will most likely appear in the occasional "all about Kevin's life" posts, seeing as it displays my current situation, and it is something I have regularly done. As for the quote, and I understand that it's sort of a trademark thing, but it has typically never been taken seriously, and provides little to no benefit. 

It sounds like a huge plan and a lot of work, and the reality is that it is a huge plan and it is a lot of work. But when I look at my latest posts, I can't help but feel a slight tinge of inadequacy and disappointment. I want to spend time making quality posts, instead of spewing out random nonsense a few times a week. The updates won't come all at once, and will be implemented one at a time, making the transition a bit smoother.

As of now I am going to put the blog on a temporary hiatus to collect myself and plan out the future. You can expect to see me return on August 31, the very day that I started this blog. To me, it's the most logical way of going about with this, seeing as making another "regular" post would ruin this intricately crafted announcement post. I also don't want to jump into producing new content without thinking beforehand.

I hope that any readers will accept this change with an open mind, and will continue to give me your support and motivation. It feels kind of sad, letting go of something that I've been doing for nearly three years. There's a part of my heart that's screaming at me to not let go, and to continue as tradition dictates, but I'm going to place everything on the new updates.

August 21 edit: Lately I've been bogged down with work, meaning that development of the blog might be delayed. However I really want to make efforts for a post on August 31, so you can expect at least some sort of a post. If I haven't had enough time to make something nice, then I'll at least give you the plans and a rough schedule for what I have in mind. And well, if I do make something nice, then you get something that I hope will be pretty cool.

Looks like it's time to send you off. This is now the captain speaking. My name is Kevin, and this will be the last post of its kind. I am feeling a bit melancholic, but at the same time optimistic for the future, putting me at an 8. Thanks for flying with Kevin's Blog, but for better or worse, it's time to transfer flights.

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." - Dr. Seuss