Empty Blog
In a perfect world, my blog would be full of witty, creative, technical, inspiring posts that keep people refreshing in anticipation. In our imperfect world, this is blog post number two, and I can make no promises of its ability to inspire or teach.
I want to post more frequently, or at least more regularly. But let me remind you – it's post number two. I also believe in a rational explanation for a failure to act; somehow the costs of posting outweigh the potential gains. It seems a lot more feasible to examine my perceived costs than it does to increase my perceived gains, so allow me to lay these costs out, and attempt to counter them. Hopefully, I can convince myself that this goal of mine is worthwhile.
Anything I think of has been thought of already.
While I (mostly) don't think this is true, I think many folks starting out in an established space will experience some variation of this thought. Maybe it's imposter syndrome, or maybe it's an unavoidable and inherent lack of specialization in a new subject area. I like to think about the quote from Pablo Picasso, who said "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” It's hard to write something worth reading when you simply don't have the knowledge or experience in an industry yet.
Everything needs to be worth reading.
Respectfully, this is my website and my space. If I welcomed you into my home and offered you a delicious morsel of content food and you didn't care for it, that's not on me. I don't have an audience relying on me, nor do I have a debt to folks to produce anything. Now, I just have to convince myself of that…
Writing is hard. Writing into the void is even harder.
Just have ChatGPT do it. (/s)
But seriously, I don't think there's an easy way around this first point, aside from writing a lot. As for the second, the thought of writing a blog post for an audience of ~.2 people per day isn't a wildly exciting prospect. But, this line of thinking totally ignores the greatest beneficiary of all – me!
“Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is.”
I am well aware of how sloppy my thinking is. This is a space to improve an incredibly valuable skill: communication.