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Changes on the blog
By John DeVries | April 30, 2008
If you’ve been following my blog at all you’ve probably noticed things have been pretty slow around here during the last month or so. My apologies to those of you who were expecting new content in April. Though I sat down to write a few times each week, I simply couldn’t produce any material that I thought was worthy of your time.
Reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle had such a significant impact on me that it changed both my views on self-improvement, and consequently, the general purpose of this blog.
When I started LivingUtility.com I was of the opinion that life was (to a large extent) about achieving happiness by creating the life of your dreams, pursuing goals and following your bliss. While I still whole heartedly endorse those endeavors, my thinking has changed quite drastically on what happiness, peace, and life really mean. Consequently, I found it nearly impossible to produce quality content for my blog as long as it was operating under it’s old purpose: To help people “Live better”.
Thus, you’re going to see some pretty major changes around here. I’m renaming it Zenprovement.com (to embody a more peaceful, accepting, patient, and tranquil version of self-improvement), I’ll be changing the design, and while it will still be a blog about self-improvement (a topic I’m passionate about), I intend to incorporate ideas like mindfulness and acceptance. I feel that the self-improvement industry as a whole is largely driven by our desires, our need to attain goals, and even our own desperation. While I still have desires, and I hope you do as well, I am also of the conviction that seeking ourselves, our purpose or our entire identity in them is foolish.
As you read this blog in the weeks to come, I hope you’ll find that it’s not necessarily a “better” life you need to create; perhaps you have only to find that you weren’t truly living.
Expect more on this in the future. For now, check out my video recording above.
Topics: Change, General, Growth, Learning, Live better, Purpose, Self-Improvement, Spirituality, Video |