As Christine pointed out a few days ago, the Monday Mission turned 2 on December 3rd, 2003!
Even though we are at Monday Mission 3.48, the first Monday Mission pretty much resembles the Missions we have today, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. By the way, our very first Monday Missionaries were Jennifer and Christine! Wow, that was a loooooooooooong time ago, wasn't it?
The amazing part is, I am still friends with both of them. Well, it isn't that amazing, they are both incredible people I just mean that as internet relationships go, things get touchy and many folks have a falling out after a while. But not in this case, and I find that mighty impressive.
You may be wondering how it can be almost to version 4.0 and still be only 2 years old. Well, having started it in December (near year's end), version 1.0 only ran for a few weeks before being upgraded to 2.0 Make sense?
So, why am I ending the Monday Mission in January? Well, for one reason, I wanted to take it to an even 4.0. I just like things nice and orderly. Why else?
Frankly, it is a wear out to produce. Every week for 2 years I've churned out a Monday Mission and sooner or later, that takes a toll. Honestly, I've asked about all the questions I can think of. Plus, I am not having fun with it. When something that was fun turns into a chore or something you dread, why continue to do it? Besdies that, there is the fear that I might only be known for running the MM, and hopefully, I am more than just a meme guy.
Now, I am not opposed to "editing" a Monday Mission that others might provide. Maybe 12 people can commit to doing a month of MM's each? Then I would tweak it here and there and post it. Let it live on it's own Domain in a simple Blog devoted to the MM + comments and nothing else. Then again, I don't want to buy another domain name, nor do I have the urge to design a site (any takers?).
Maybe something like: "PromoGuy's Monday Mission by YourNameHere of YourSiteHere."
But I would have to hope that those who want to write it would actually deliver (in advance, so I can edit them) and that you, dear reader, would enjoy a MM produced by someone else.
As for me, I think it would inject some life into a meme that has seen better days.
Then again, if that doesn't pan out then I will just put it to rest. I don't think I could release the Monday Mission to someone else to run on another site.
Either way, it is nice to see the MM reach its 2nd Birthday! I couldn't have done it without you, so thank you for making it happen.
Please post your thoughts, I'd love to hear what you think.
As someone who used to update her site with art can tell ya: yeah.. it gets old. :( While I'm sad that I got in on the MM late, I totally understand what you're talking about. I used to update my pages with art at least once a week (sometimes a few times a week) and I grew to HATING it because it wasn't doing art for myself anymore (which was the whole reason I started drawing all those years ago, anyway). I was cranking out crap simply to keep things updated. Bah. No more fun in that.
I think your idea is good if there are ppl not only willing to help but can help keep it going on time :)
Good luck with it!
Well, poop.
I would like to say...that you would only need to find 11 other individuals...I would more than willingly take a month of Monday Questions...
I just got back into it (this has been a rough year)...but I plan on sticking with it...Just keep that in mind.