When Ray announced that Idolminded was going on hiatus, one of the things that popped in my head was “ok, I guess I’m not going to be getting views.” I don’t want to sound like I’m doing it for the views or reads, or anything like that, but it is something I pay attention to, and I know that the vast amount of my views come from Idolminded (though one time a Japanese music writer linked me, that was pretty cool).

That said, it got me to thinking about how I’m running my blog, especially since I’m at the point where I’m doing a retail job waiting for a real one. Early this year I described a new Happy Disco, one with regular content on a schedule. And I failed pretty miserably. To be absolutely fair, that was my fault for getting ambitious while working on my last semester of college and my final thesis. But I digress.

Here’s the plan for what I’m going to try to do from here on out.

1. New Banner – I’ve had this one for some time and it’s time for something fresh.

2. Smaller, more frequent posts. I think my biggest issue is my long-windedness, and while I think that’s something I do well (I cover things in-depth) it’s also a flaw that prevents me from being a better blogger. I’m going to work on this.

3. A schedule. Here’s what I have in mind so far.

Monday – Review Mondays – I review an album, release, whatever. It can be present, past, whatever I want.

Wednesday – Idol Thoughts. This is a new segment I’ve been thinking of for a while. Every week I’ll post a thought about the idol industry, a group, what have you, and I’ll write something about it. Throughout the week I’ll encourage people to write in and contribute their own ideas in the comments and on Facebook/twitter. Then, next Wednesday, I’ll make a post compiling common/interesting answers. Hopefully this will work out, because this is something I’m excited about!

Friday – TIFriday. I’m going to finish up my TIF posts, finally, profiling the groups. After I finish this I’ll come up with something else to fill up the timeslot.

If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment! I’m excited to see where this takes off!