A reflection on my first week of blogging.
Just some thoughts...
Today is the seventh day that I have posted every single day, and I can already tell that this is a great thing. Despite the viewership being relatively low, it is a good analogy for anything. It takes time and unrewarded effort.
Reflecting on the previously claimed daily, weekly, monthly, yearly system, I think that I need to be more rigorous about how I divide my time into different posts if that is going to be sustainable. I am confident that even if my writing is not good relative to my potential, a fast pace of iteration will move me faster than a slow, carefully thought-out approach.
Doing this consistently, and potentially ramping up the effort to complete more difficult posts, will also encourage me to set a daily schedule for research, writing, and working on projects to write about. It might be a good idea to perform frequent reflections and increase my ability to shift course as I learn more.
I believe that blogging or writing in public is a great way to document your progress as a means of gaining credibility, as well as to force yourself to confront what you actually know by writing it down in a convincing manner. If you can’t explain something well, you probably don’t quite understand it. This is also true if your explanation is too complicated to understand. Truth is relatively simple. Our conception of it is often much too complex.
As you might be able to tell, certain posts of mine, such as this one, are written in a stream-of-consciousness manner. I enjoy writing like this because it is freeing. I’m never sure where exactly it will lead. Maybe in the future, I will note the writing style in the subtitle or something. To me, formal writing can get pretty boring, and I want to develop my style for simple writing that is easy to read, ideally with a good amount of humor and entertainment in there as well.
I will keep this post short so that I can work on my robot and write something more detailed for tomorrow. If you have any preferences or ideas about what types of things you would like to read, please post them in the comments. It would be nice if the comments were a little more lively.
Thanks for reading, see you tomorrow.
The gist of what I was trying to say above is that you can pursue whatever you want, but when you inevitably get bored, it is wise to ask yourself why you are bored of something. The process of learning any skill will will be rewarding in the beginning, and then you will hit a sticking point where you have to learn more in order to make progress. It's not always going to be easy. The more people around you that encourage you even when it feels like your not making progress, the easier it will be to feel like what your doing is still important. But most things are rewarding once you get past the challenges that come with pursuing anything. So. Do what you want, but question why you want it.
“Truth is relatively simple. Our conception of it is often much too complex.”
This is the truth lol, and well said. The stream of consciousness writing does a great job of carrying your “voice”. I can hear you speaking as I read. That kind of writing is appealing..perhaps regardless of the topic.
The archivable nature of building a collection of work is incredibly valuable; as your channel and your influence grows—which they plainly will—these records of your “early work” will be deeply sought out and inspiring to your future subscribers. Write for them!!!
I am holding myself more accountable to completing my own material, and your substack and the music on YouTube are resources to remind me to stay the course and not to quit. The only feedback I really have is that you ARE a teacher, don’t shy away from boldly stating your case. It’s interesting!!!