{"id":137,"date":"2013-02-15T00:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T00:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/the-road-more-travelled.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:22","slug":"the-road-more-travelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/the-road-more-travelled\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road More Travelled"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sorry.<\/p>\n

I have strayed. I’ve strayed from my blog’s primary purpose.<\/p>\n

Yes, NIA SPEAKS was supposed to have some music and fashion and photos and YouTube videos and stuff; but the music and fashion and photos and YouTube videos and stuff were supposed to be scattered among real topics, real thought-provokers, real writing.<\/p>\n

I follow a decent amount of blogs, mostly personal style blogs, because I enjoy getting inspiration from people’s styles. Eventually, I started to assimilate.<\/p>\n

\nTwo roads diverged in a wood, and I\u2014<\/span><\/div>\n
\nafter taking the road less travelled, running across the wood, and finding the road more travelled<\/i><\/span>\u2014<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI took the one more <\/i>travelled…<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nRobert Frost is quite the writer, isn’t he?<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nI find no wrong in personal style blogs. I find no wrong in photo blogs or hair blogs or whatever blogs.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBut when was the last time I posted a decent “Think on This” post that wasn’t half-donkeyed or had nothing to do with the Optimist Creed?<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nI checked. July. 2011.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThat’s bloody weak.<\/p>\n

I could<\/i> blame my schedule. It’s so much easier to post a bunch of photos instead of thinking of a real<\/i> topic. However, I won’t blame my busy life. I should be giving 100% regardless of my schedule.<\/p>\n

How is the blog called NIA SPEAKS if I’m not even speaking? How is this NIA SPEAKS if I’m primarily regurgitating other people’s photos, styles, and videos?<\/p>\n

To those who’ve somewhat enjoyed what I’ve been pushing for the last year: stick with me, if you’d like. I still have stuff for you. I’m still a “versatile blogger.”<\/p>\n

I created this blog to improve my writing skills and speak to the world. I want inspiring posts. I want fashion posts. I want thought-provoking posts. I want random posts. I want relatable posts. I want music. I want photos. I want art. I want me.<\/p>\n

It’s time to inspire. It’s time to motivate. It’s time to analyze. It’s time to write<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I’m going to run back across the wood and return to my abandoned, beaten path.<\/p>\n

You are welcome to join me.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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