Serving your focused obsession

It is has nothing to do with the crisis in Georgia or international politics, but I thought this was worth sharing with everyone here at ComingAnarchy: internet celeb and überblogger Merlin Mann has put together a list of what makes a good blog.

The list resonated with me as I have been considering my lack of performance on my own blog. I certainly concur with Merlin’s point about how blogs are the product of attention times interest. My original goals for starting this blog with Curzon include: 1) to clarify my thoughts on politics and foreign affairs, and 2) to polish my writing skills in preparation for graduate school. Over the past four years both my thinking and writing have evolved though, admittedly, my attention level has waned. However, rather than a lack of interest, I think this is due to not making enough time to think. Merlin’s post reminded me of what I should be aiming for.

Of all, I think point number seven is the most important (and insightful): Good blogs make you want to start your own blog. I can only hope that Coming Anarchy has inspired such a sentiment in any one of our readers.