How I achieved my goal of “writing more”

For whatever reason, I struggled with writing “blog posts”. I felt like blog posts had to be complete, good, pieces of writing with structural elements like introductions and conclusions and/or a comprehensive narrative. Then I discovered the concept of digital gardening via Joel Hooks. I started thinking about my notes as works in progress, learning in public rather than complete pieces of work. The mental shift helped me quit overthinking about what I published.

Write for yourself:

If I sit down and write in the mindset of “this is a post for other people to consume”, I start overthinking and overediting. So now I write just for myself.