Failure

This post is a day late because I was exhausted last night and just conked out before writing anything. At least, that's the proximate cause. Digging deeper, though, the root cause is that I've been enjoying writing less recently. I've been attempting to take less time per post which, although useful for other reasons, has also made it easy to focus too much on the act of writing itself rather than the reason I'm doing it.

I had a long talk with a friend today who helped me remember why: it's because I like ideas and I want to share them. I've imposed arbitrary restrictions on top of that goal to make it more focused, achievable and manageable, but those should never become the goal itself. So I think the way to prevent this failure for next time is to stay focused on the true goal, and keep an eye on my enjoyment when writing, which seems to be a good proxy.

Plus I'm happier that way, which is nice.