Lost, Again

Well, hello there!  It's been 3 weeks or so, according to Ashley.

So: here's where I'm at right now.  I plan to do a post branching off what Ryan said about the Cumby's "hold up" in Montpelier, as well as my trip to Montreal this past Saturday, but I want to get something else out of the way before those posts happen.

I need a new direction for my blog.  This past summer, after having been inspired by Julie and Julia to make a themed blog, I decided that I would focus on weight-loss, and how that's working for me in order to inspire others to make positive life-changes themselves.  However, that really isn't working out so well.  I don't feel that I have enough readers, and I don't feel as though I'm making an impact because outside of Ryan, Ashley, and Rachel, no one else really comments on anything I post so I'm never sure how I'm doing or how the post was received.  If I'd had more response, I could take the temperature of what kinds of posts my readers liked best and stick with that, but for now...I've got nothing.

I also feel a bit like a hypocrite in terms of being a weight-loss motivational blogger because I preach staying positive and not letting your mind get in the way of your body and ambition, yet that continues to remain a problem for me still.  I cancelled my Weight Watchers membership last Thursday or Friday before my 3-month renewal came up because I haven't been using it.  With my lifestyle here at college, I don't have time for it.  I want to eat fruits and vegetables but the cafeteria only offers the same things every day.  I want to have the money to buy what I feel I want to eat.  Maybe I want pineapple. 
Is there a problem with pineapple? 
Well, apparently the cafeteria thinks so, because they never offer that. 

Before I let this post begin to sound depressing, and wallow in self-pity-ish, I'm really looking to hear from my readers some ideas-some new direction to lead my blog in.  I can't find what I'm passionate enough about to keep a regular blog schedule going.  I mean, I am going to be a social worker and I find I do get passionate about human rights-but I feel there's only so much I can say on that topic at the risk of simply repeating myself over and over.  I can maybe do a human rights blog with a themed issue per post, but I feel I may run out of those, too.  I just want to write something that is going to generate interest, and maybe more readers.  I'd love to have other dedicated followers than just Ryan and Ashley (not that they aren't awesome, but I see them every day and know them in person.)  How about someone from Spain?  Or even California?  Or even Rutland, VT?  And I know that before I start getting readers I need a topic (or topics) to keep the posts coming, and to keep me dedicated as an author. 

So all in all: here's my task to you:
Suggest some topics to me that will take many posts to cover.  Give me overarching themes with smaller subsections, or even small one-time posts that you find yourself interested in. 

I may post some of my papers to my blog later this semester that I found I was very interested in and passionate about, but I'll wait until they're graded and returned to me before I do so.  Help me out, fellow readers!  I'm floundering in the blogosphere.

XXXOOO
<3Megan<3