There are some ideas I can't put on this site. Not because they're bad necessarily, but because they don't fit the formula. This is a list of "stuff Christians like" and I want to respect that. I try to do my best to keep that true.
So when folks email me cool questions about writing or building a blog, I have to decide where to put those answers.
97secondswithGod.com is marching through Genesis right now so a post about how to write wouldn't make a whole lot of sense there.
Prodigaljon.com is rising from a brief hiatus like Rocky, running sprints in knee deep snow with a log on its back and yelling at the top of long flights of stairs.
CanIwearjeans.com is going to get a facelift down the road and hopefully help loads of people find a church they'll dig.
So, I'm stuck.
That's why I created everythingisreplaceable.com. The name is a reference to my belief that all my stuff and all my possessions are not as important as they try to tell me they are. That I need to simplify my life and clear more space for the things that matter. More on that later.
But why another site? I guess I want to be faithful to sharing ideas as long as I have them. A few years ago I developed something called the "eventual/imminent reminder." After struggling with my own mortality through a weird situation, I really felt like God asked me, "Why should it take imminent death to inspire you to do what you were made to do when all along you've been promised eventual death?"
So today, I'm trying something new. I'm going to write about writing and ideas and stuff that makes no sense on SCL, 97SWG or ProdigalJon. (Not that I have all the answers on how to write or grow something or change the way you do things.)
Check out, "Eddie Vedder, the Nappy Roots and Ideas."
p.s. Some folks understandably thought I'd answer the title of the post in this post. That is part of what the new site is about. But in the meantime, I will tell you that I get up at 5AM and write/read before work starts. It's the only way I can focus on personal writing and my work writing.
So, is this going to be another ongoing blog?
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ReplyDeleteGood question. Yes, I have a bunch of stuff already planned out. That way it won't take time away from the other blogs.
Jon
So, umm, like, when do you find time to do your day job?
ReplyDeleteyeah, i'm thinking this post, with its title "how i do what i do," was going to be an answer to sylvia's question. but perhaps that is what the new blog will answer. (haven't hopped over there yet. wanted to comment here first.)
ReplyDeleteso! when i got to the part about "everything is replaceable," i bust out laughing and said (to myself, obviously, since i'm the only one here, but presumably to you because, well, reading this blog is like having a conversation with you and 2,397,658 other people in the world) . . . i said, "are you kidding me?!?"
yeah. i really don't know "how you do what you do." i hope to find out! because it's positively amazing, what you do.
Cool Beans!! If you keep this up though, my kids are gonna start feeling neglected though ;)
ReplyDeleteJon, I already neglect ALL my housework to read your blogs. Now I'm going to have to decide between eating, sleeping or bathing to keep up with everything you're doing. You're too prolific, muh boy! And I already know how you do what you do. By the grace of God.
ReplyDeleteI think its getting to be a bit too much, love your stuff but whoo.
ReplyDeleteJust sayin
Uh oh. Well, who needs sleep anyway? (I'm talking about me, since I have to read every post.)
ReplyDeletein light of the new blog, and in the spirit of SCL, Christians like to overcommit. 'Course I'm still working my way up to the current blog on this site; reading your other blogs hasn't even crossed my mind yet.
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