out: open-endedness, hoarding information, second-guessing everything<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in: focused professionalism, trust the process, stupid bravery <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My big out for the year is being open-ended. Since publishing my last book, Introspect, in 2022, I\u2019ve spent the next two years largely in a state of creative exploration\u2013 experimenting while I was figuring out what I wanted to be doing next. I think this was a good thing, but i also believe that there are natural cycles to things, and this phase is coming to an end for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Which brings me to my big in, which I\u2019ll describe as a focused professionalism. I generally pride myself on being very improvisational, which has its pros and cons. And I think the time has come for me to narrow my focus. Creatively that means I want to have meaningful constraints. I want to challenge myself to publish something every week, rather than whenever I feel like it <\/p>\n\n\n\n
you asked for 3 each, so. my 2nd out would be\u2026 hoarding information. i have a lot of notes and drafts and so on, and I really feel it\u2019s time that I \u2018release them\u2019 as best as i can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
my 3rd out would be\u2026 second-guessing everything. I\u2019ve spent a lot of time plotting and strategizing and gaming out possible scenarios, but there are diminishing returns to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
which leads to my 2nd In, which is to trust the process. that\u2019s one of those cliches that gets repeated a lot, because it\u2019s legitimately foundational. I believe that the challenge there is to feel with our hearts, what isn\u2019t for us to know, ahead of time. there are things that only get revealed halfway through a creative process, and we have to make our peace with that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and my final in would be to continue with a vibe I\u2019ve tried to embody since last year, which is to be stupidly brave. I got that phrase from john mayer, he was talking about what it takes to write a song on the fly. the word \u201cstupid\u201d particularly resonates with me here, because when we say \u201cbe brave\u201d, I think we tend to operate within a space that we\u2019ve already defined subconsciously as sensible, smart, reasonable. so another way of saying it would be, my 3rd in for the year is to be unreasonable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
that\u2019s all from me, have a happy and blessed 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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