I’ve decided to create this fourth newsletter to share things that don’t really fit into the other three. Personal updates, work in progress, and miscellany.
I’m not going to commit to any publishing schedule for this one because I need this publication to “relax”. Going to use this as a loose and more informal outlet for my other interests and personal topics. Think of it as a scratch pad, or diary even. As it is with the other three publications, I publish them first on my blog, and cross-syndicate here.
In case you’re curious, my other newsletters are:
Getting Things In, Out, and Across (Wednesday)
PhilosorapTech (Friday)
I do wonder, “wth, do I really have that much things worth saying??”. What I know is that I am sitting on top of many unfinished thoughts, unexplored curiosities, and unresolved mental knots. And I see no downside to sharing these as I’m working through them.
As an overthinker, I have many things I am trying to making sense of — of life, work, society, health, tech, relationships, people. And the only way I will actually think about them is by trapping them in words, sharing, and discussing them. Making sense of the world while making sense to the world, yknow?
It’s also nice to be able to get a thing out of my head, have it somewhere I can point to, and build upon.
I have an audience in mind for the other three newsletters, but I’m writing this one to scratch my own existential itch.
“Wow, if I got onto a plane right now and it crashed, all these inner world will die with me. I haven’t showed up boldly in the world, haven’t found my language to express myself, haven’t contributed to things the way I want to, and haven’t made an impact I know I can. I haven’t produced a body of work that I am here for. I haven’t lived fully“. I don’t mind shouting into a void, knowing that at least these bits and pieces are not trapped inside my head or my hard drives (which better be nuked when I am dead).
Why not post these random thoughts to Twitter or Instagram or Facebook? Because I don’t like how difficult it is to discover and develop interesting ideas on a timeline-based feed — too ephemeral. Everything people post on their profile will drown out eventually. This is also an issue with most publication’s navigations. Second reason is for SEO. I’d like to have it as my own content first and repackage / refer / syndicate them on other platforms. I’ll gladly repeat myself but not without any “mothership“ I can point to.
