This describes a large number of projects that I start. Getting comfortable that this is the real reason behind a lot of what I want to do and being OK with something being unfinished goes a really long way to not stressing about unfinished projects.
> Ironically, I've been meaning to polish this comment up to be a full article for a while but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Lol. Just slap it in your blog. Right now, just like it is. Then maybe go and polish it up. Or set a pomodoro timer and polish it right now and publish once 25 minutes have elapsed or something.
I once sent a professor in my department my favorite Emacs packages—he's an Emacs user too but was wondering what some of the hot new packages were. When I sent him a long-ish Slack message, he just said to publish the list as-is on my blog.
I was initially unsure—I do like to do several drafts—but I decided it couldn't hurt. I edited a little to make the grammar more correct, but it landed on my blog and is currently the most-visited post. Go figure.
So, for those stuck on publishing posts on their blog: just post. Post post post post. Don't over-think it. Don't try to have the flashiest blog post. Just write. ;)
This describes a large number of projects that I start. Getting comfortable that this is the real reason behind a lot of what I want to do and being OK with something being unfinished goes a really long way to not stressing about unfinished projects.
> Ironically, I've been meaning to polish this comment up to be a full article for a while but haven't gotten around to it yet.
Lol. Just slap it in your blog. Right now, just like it is. Then maybe go and polish it up. Or set a pomodoro timer and polish it right now and publish once 25 minutes have elapsed or something.
I once sent a professor in my department my favorite Emacs packages—he's an Emacs user too but was wondering what some of the hot new packages were. When I sent him a long-ish Slack message, he just said to publish the list as-is on my blog.
I was initially unsure—I do like to do several drafts—but I decided it couldn't hurt. I edited a little to make the grammar more correct, but it landed on my blog and is currently the most-visited post. Go figure.
So, for those stuck on publishing posts on their blog: just post. Post post post post. Don't over-think it. Don't try to have the flashiest blog post. Just write. ;)
(The Emacs post, for those curious: https://lambdaland.org/posts/2024-05-30_top_emacs_packages/ )