Thirty Reflections from Thirty Days of Writing

This is the longest period of time that I’ve been in “deep work”. Turns out I normally live in a state of constant low-grade distraction—the first week of its absence was mildly psychedelic. It is a delight to have a sanctioned excuse for why I am being unresponsive to people’s texts. I will be looking to collect more such excuses (“oh sorry I didn’t RSVP to your partiful, Virgos in the 11th house or whatever and therefore my phone is in the freezer”). The best time to write is as soon as you get out of bed, before the world gets a hold of you or your brain has the opportunity to generate reasons to shy away from saying what it really thinks. I have a newfound empathy for the absentminded writer. Belated apologies to all the researchers I’ve been mad at over the years for missing scheduled meetings. I have a newfound empathy for the pundit. It’s very hard to write a comprehensive argument in any reasonable amount of time which doesn’t bloat a piece beyond all recognition. There’s gold

This is the longest period of time that I’ve been in “deep work”. Turns out I normally live in a state of constant low-grade distraction—the first week of its absence was mildly psychedelic. It is a delight to have a sanctioned excuse for why I am being unresponsive to people’s texts. I will be looking to collect more such excuses (“oh sorry I didn’t RSVP to your partiful, Virgos in the 11th house or whatever and therefore my phone is in the freezer”). The best time to write is as soon as you get out of bed, before the world gets a hold of you or your brain has the opportunity to generate reas