{"id":1784,"date":"2013-07-28T16:03:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T19:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tracyleekarner.com\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2013-07-28T16:03:29","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T19:03:29","slug":"thinking-about-changing-my-mind-about-categories-help-me-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracyrittmueller.com\/2013\/07\/28\/thinking-about-changing-my-mind-about-categories-help-me-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about changing my mind (about categories); help me decide"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ditched my categories<\/a> a while back, to give myself freedom to blog about whatever I wanted to blog about. It worked. Blogging stopped feeling like a classroom \u00a0“assignment” and became a spontaneous overflowing of whatever was on my mind. And my readers weren’t freaked out when I went eclectic–instead, their feedback was that they, too, thought it liberated my writing and made my posts more interesting.
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\"No,<\/a>
No, not electric. I went eclectic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBut I’ve been thinking, if\u00a0Billy Ray Cyrus can change his style,<\/a>\u00a0his sound, his haircut with every new album, I’m going to feel free to also sing along:
\nLately I’ve been thinking and I’m thinkin’ ’bout changing\u00a0my\u00a0mind.<\/em>
\nZap-presto…
\nCategories are back on my blog! Over there on the right.
\nTo make navigation easier for newcomers, that’s why.
\nBut I’m wondering whether a little group-think might help me jazz up my category names–you know, make them sizzle. Right now they’re sort of boring.
\nOr, is boring good because it’s clear?
\nHelp me, blogging friends. These categories fairly encompass the topics I write about:
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\"Take<\/a>
No, not faerie. Fairly, fairly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nThese categories\u00a0fairly<\/em> encompass the topics I write about:<\/strong><\/p>\n