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Having a shit blog has made me feel abundant

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As some of you know, I have had a “secret” second blog called waste book for a little while. It is an experiment where I write about whatever is on my mind as fast as possible and then publish it without edits. When I write on Escaping Flatland, I tend to be obsessive about researching and rewriting—I typically spend between 20 and 100 hours on a piece, spread over a few months. I think the conventional internet wisdom that quantity leads to quality is flawed. The deeper levels of insight and simplicity can only be reached by thinking in writing, questioning your assumptions, getting feedback, rewriting, and refactoring. If you are impatient, you miss almost all of the value of writing. I think doing a proper job is underrated. But I also like to test my assumptions, so, without telling anyone, I spun up a new blog, and then, a few times a week, when I felt too tired to do “real” work, I wrung the last fifteen minutes out of myself by writing something for what I’ve come to call “my sh

From Giacometti’s sketch book An earlier version of this essay was previously published in my waste book. As some of you know, I have had a “secret” second blog called waste book for a little while. It is an experiment where I write about whatever is on my mind as fast as possible and then publish it without edits. When I write on Escaping Flatland, I tend to be obsessive about researching and rewriting—I typically spend between 20 and 100 hours on a piece, spread over a few months. I think the conventional internet wisdom that quantity leads to quality is flawed. The deeper levels of…

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