{"id":2751,"date":"2010-12-18T12:05:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T16:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=2751"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:13","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:13","slug":"evolving-newvine-growing-in-2011-to-tighten-the-focus-a-bit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/evolving-newvine-growing-in-2011-to-tighten-the-focus-a-bit\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Newvine Growing in 2011 to tighten the focus a bit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, I wrote about the most popular blog posts in the two-year run of Newvine Growing<\/a> and about the most common search terms that bring people here<\/a>.
\nStudying those data points is part of some work I’m doing to refine my focus for 2011.
\nI launched Newvine Growing in January 2009 with broad goal: to have a forum for exploring what makes people happier and more fulfilled.
\nI’ve always been a girl who knows where she’s headed about two or three chess moves out. That might change if an unexpected opportunity pops up, but generally speaking, I like to think I’m facing in the right direction.
\nAfter we moved to New York, I purposely stopped looking forward to enjoy the present. I’d arrived at a place I had been working toward for many years and I wanted to savor it.
\nBut eventually, my desire to contemplate what’s next returned, and thus, the launch of this blog.
\nAfter the first year or so of just blogging whatever seemed to fit with living life intentionally, I crafted some broad themes that seemed most interesting: career<\/a>, creativity<\/a>, food and drink<\/a>, health and well being<\/a>, home and family<\/a>, lifestyle<\/a>.
\nNow I’m planning to tighten the focus on three areas that have most excited me:
\nCreativity<\/strong> — I am drawn like a moth to a flame to creative folks, whether they’re writers or artists or musicians, and have been since I was a kid. As I’ve profiled creatives for my blog, I realize it’s their passion for what they do that really gets me. Most creatives will get neither rich nor famous doing what they do, so they do it for love. I’d probably enjoy talking to a used car salesman who sold cars for the pure joy of it, but since that’s more likely to be a choice you make to pay the rent, he might be harder to find.
\nSome examples:<\/p>\n