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How serendipitous that I was just commenting about this very subject just a few days ago [1]. This is something I've always been interested in trying out, and

How serendipitous that I was just commenting about this very subject just a few days ago [1]. This is something I've always been interested in trying out, and I actually enjoy the writing process. It's just... I'm not that interesting. I just can't imagine a world where someone would pay to read what I have to write. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21395014 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21395014

zxlk21e 7y ago
I’m reading you right now and I’m interested. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
faizshah 7y ago
I have struggled with this kind of self defeating attitude for a while now. I think it comes down to the fact that everyone has to start somewhere, if you spent all the years you spent thinking about doing something actually doing the thing you would be an expert right now in the thing you want to do.
- lethologica 7y ago
  Funnily enough, the thought of that is something that increases my anxiety.
  - BLKNSLVR 7y ago
    Write and write and write without publishing. Publish anonymously if and when you're ready. De-anonymise if and when you're ready. My assumption is that most introverts think they're boring. Focus on details IS boring to anyone that doesn't care about the topic. They're not the target demographic, so, you know, fuck 'em.
    - zxlk21e 7y ago
      This is a great approach, and the way I think about it, too.
_Understated_ 7y ago
I'm a bit like that too. I help out a bunch of startups in my local area with things like focusing on what matters, business model canvas, marketing and so on. Been doing it a few years now. I also have my own businesses. Recently someone suggested that I blog about it and in my mind I thought "who'd want to listen to me"... despite a number of startups and business-folk doing it already :) I've "had a go" at blogging in the past but I never knew what to write about or stick to but I wonder if this time round it's different... To hell with it... I signed up.

zxlk21e 7y ago

I’m reading you right now and I’m interested. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

faizshah 7y ago

I have struggled with this kind of self defeating attitude for a while now. I think it comes down to the fact that everyone has to start somewhere, if you spent all the years you spent thinking about doing something actually doing the thing you would be an expert right now in the thing you want to do.

lethologica 7y ago
Funnily enough, the thought of that is something that increases my anxiety.
- BLKNSLVR 7y ago
  Write and write and write without publishing. Publish anonymously if and when you're ready. De-anonymise if and when you're ready. My assumption is that most introverts think they're boring. Focus on details IS boring to anyone that doesn't care about the topic. They're not the target demographic, so, you know, fuck 'em.
  - zxlk21e 7y ago
    This is a great approach, and the way I think about it, too.

_Understated_ 7y ago

I'm a bit like that too. I help out a bunch of startups in my local area with things like focusing on what matters, business model canvas, marketing and so on. Been doing it a few years now. I also have my own businesses. Recently someone suggested that I blog about it and in my mind I thought "who'd want to listen to me"... despite a number of startups and business-folk doing it already :) I've "had a go" at blogging in the past but I never knew what to write about or stick to but I wonder if this time round it's different... To hell with it... I signed up.