Interesting post by Simon Willison1 on the topic of 'What to blog about'. In the past, I've really struggled with this thought, often leaving my website with only a small amount of published posts.
It’s easy to get hung up on this. I’ve definitely felt the self-imposed pressure to only write something if it’s new, and unique, and feels like it’s never been said before. This is a mental trap that does nothing but hold you back.
Simon Willison
Simon outlines two content types that may bring the greatest satisfaction and production:
- TIL (Today I learned) - I'm aspiring to put this into practice with notes and explained further on why and how I write.
- Write about your projects
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How and why I write ⇱:
Thinking is not only non-linear, it's messy. It involves a lot of back and forth, dead ends, branching, walking back, merging ideas, changing ideas, contradicting ideas....