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An internal tension I often feel:
Wanting to write and publish my thoughts online while also feeling that I’m too young and inexperienced to have much to say.
Here are 4 things I remind myself to keep publishing
Wanting to write and publish my thoughts online while also feeling that I’m too young and inexperienced to have much to say.
Here are 4 things I remind myself to keep publishing
1. Writing forces you to clarify your thinking.
@morganhousel:
“Writing crystallizes ideas in ways thinking on its own will never accomplish.”
@morganhousel:
“Writing crystallizes ideas in ways thinking on its own will never accomplish.”
2. Writing helps you figure out what you *actually* think.
Warren Buffett:
“Some of the things I think I think, I find don’t make any sense when I start trying to write them down.”
Warren Buffett:
“Some of the things I think I think, I find don’t make any sense when I start trying to write them down.”
3. A good beginning writer is a consistent writer.
Like everything else in life, the only way to get good at writing is to do it often.
It’s just like Ira Glass said, “the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.”
Like everything else in life, the only way to get good at writing is to do it often.
It’s just like Ira Glass said, “the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.”
4. An essay is merely an attempt to figure something out.
As @paulg points out:
“Essayer is the French verb meaning "to try" and an essai is an attempt. An essay is something you write to try to figure something out.”
As @paulg points out:
“Essayer is the French verb meaning "to try" and an essai is an attempt. An essay is something you write to try to figure something out.”
[BONUS]
5. The 99/1 Percent Rule
I once heard it said that 99% of people use the Internet to consume.
You want to be a part of the 1% who uses it to produce.
5. The 99/1 Percent Rule
I once heard it said that 99% of people use the Internet to consume.
You want to be a part of the 1% who uses it to produce.
