Goals for Growth

Hey Again,  
      I am taking Creative Writing to become a better writer, obviously, therefore I have some areas in writing that need some help, done by growing as a writer.
        The first area that I would say I need to improve on would be in variety. I tend to write about the same type of subject...every time I write. It's not that I have the same story line, characters or anything like that; it’s that the theme and tone of my pieces are all very similar. For whatever reason, I tend to write thought provoking or mysterious occurrences, which works for me every time (or at least I think it does) but I think it is time for a change. I want to be able to subconsciously come up with a story at any time on various occasions that has a different tone and theme as the previous pieces. I am not sure exactly how to do this but I think that as long as I take my time in thinking about a story, at least for now, eventually ideas will come to me more quickly and perhaps by then my growth will be sufficient enough.
         The next area in which I am weak as a writer is in my thoughtfulness. I usually write quite blank mindedly, not really giving what I am writing about a lot of thought, which in turn makes what I write kind of dry. For whatever reason, I have a hard time expressing my voice in my pieces, I kind of "tell it how it is" as plainly as i can and am very vague, expecting the reader to catch on to what I am hinting at. I truthfully do not know why I tend to do this but it kind of frustrates me. It frustrates me because I feel like I am boring to read. I also tend to be very conservative on how deeply I think about subjects or topics of discussion because I do not like to make people angry, which in turn leads to vagueness, and eventually confusion or frustration from the reader because I am vague. I want the reader to be able to know how I feel about something, yet I do not want them to be annoyed by my opinion. I guess I am going to have to write it and leave it for what it is worth. If someone does not like what I wrote, then I guess they shouldn't continue reading anything that I write from that point on but I am willing to take constructive criticism as a way to grow as well.
Until the next time,
                       - Ryan