The start of the new year also means taking a post to make a discussion of things I might want and/or need to do with regard to making this Pokémon blog work for the posts as well as discussions to be made throughout this year, just like in many of the past years (see below). While the content remains as solid as ever - even if it seems a little shaky - ensuring that the blog works for that purpose is also important, although the blog does this mostly on its own. The remaining part, meanwhile, is up to me, and that's the part that presents many possibilities as well as problems.
In regard to this situation, the appropriate description is as per the title of this post: taking new directions while at the same time keeping certain directions the same. The latter involves keeping series of posts - ones on the same topic and possibly even at the same time of year - that are by now standard, like the monthly event rollups for Pokémon Go, or even more simply, today's and yesterday's post. The former would then involve coming up with new content in other posts, and if possible even to fill those established series of posts in order to give them at least some variety.
Meanwhile, the reorganization of posts is always in order. It can be seen that I finally made the "Puzzle Spinoff Games" category to group all related discussions, while before that I had created the "Game - Fundamentals" category to serve as a "meta" for topics that could cross over to more than one game (different from posts that discuss multiple games at once but each in relative separation, like for Pokémon Presents). Even these may still need some work if readers notice the categorization is off.
All of this is (and has) obviously been done by mostly me and me alone, with not much input from other people and/or readers. It's admittedly impressive but at the same time lacking outside perspective, which is something I wish I could have every now and then; these could comprise the "new directions" that I need while keeping the "same directions" as established by already existing posts. And if something should stray along the way, that would become the prompt to go in the right direction.
Pokémon is a broad thing by now, needless to say, and while I can't capture all that breadth in the posts of this blog, I can at least capture some of that along with my personal relations and interactions to Pokémon. For this purpose, both same (old) and different (new) directions are equally important and can be made evident through the posts of this blog. In this ninth year of blogging, that's still something I'd like to present.
One year ago: Blog Changes: Made and Not Made
Two years ago: More Blog Overhauls?
Three years ago: Thoughts on More Categories
Four years ago: Pokémon Blogging Wellness
Five years ago: New Post Categories
Six years ago: Taking the Plunge
Seven years ago: What's Next?
Eight years ago: ...And a Hoppip New Year
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