April 8, 2021

64: A short hiatus

Hi everyone! I'm going to be taking 3 weeks off from this newsletter and returning on the 28th.

I stretched myself a little too far with these last couple newsletter topics, and while it's lead to me learning a lot, writing each newsletter has gotten progressively harder. I also find myself slipping with the meta structure, which is a good sign I need to re-evaluate what's going on.

I've valued the regularity of the habit a lot since I started it last year, but I think a short break is going to do me more good than toughing it out in this case.

While I'm off there are a couple things I want to think about:

• How can I use the newsletter to improve my writing over time. Especially, how can I edit more?
• How can I balance pushing into novel areas with my "core" interests, which both easier to write about, and blend in better with the rest of my work?
• Broadly, how should I think the subject(s) I choose to write about?
• How can I use "value for others" as a constraint that pushes me to improve while still maintaining my own interests and direction?
• How can the newsletter build up over time? What happens to a newsletter once it's published?

Thanks for reading along as I figure this out. I'd love any thoughts or advice you have!

See you in a few :)