Site Direction

Lately I’ve been pondering direction in my life and this blog is not immune to my re-assessments.

The original concept for MindTweaks was of a website run by a fictional Dominatrix character of questionable sanity. She had a bit of a psychiatric fetish, an unstable temperament and a by-the-minute phone account on so (mostly fictional) fans could call and speak with her.

Her blog would feature images of abandoned sanatoriums, and been half advice column, half hypno-fetishist promotion, half expose of her clients, and half personal exploration of her own mental issues.

All of those halves would certainly get her a diagnosis for Multiple Personality Disorder, a book deal, and guest-appearances on talk shows.

While I still love the idea, in the end, that seemed like far more work than I wanted to go to, not to mention the unsavory types of readers and callers she would have attracted. In my research for her character, I ran across some downloadable hypnosis sessions that were well produced and effective. Always fascinated by NLP and hypnosis, I decided it would be cool if I could review and promote various software, books, and methods for retraining the mind. I could offer the best of the products through the site, and maybe set up Amazon and Adsense sites, as well…. and long term, I’d like to produce my own hypnosis and meditation aids.
Those thoughts have gotten me this far.

The research is fun, but potentially a bit boring - I’d like to take a more personal tone. I’m in my own emotional, creative, and relationship funk, and I’m still convinced I can “tweak” my way out of it. So while I’ll still plan to post research artcles, reviews, and so on… I’m going to use on my own experiences as a central focus, walking the line between cold-and-impersonal-reviews and self-indulgent-online-diary.

I hope I can walk that line, anyway!