Happy Friday, Yesterday I ran across a writer who created a “magazine” right here on Substack and it was a beautiful thing to see. I mean — not literally. lol. Honestly, it wasn’t great, visually. Plus, the writing was a bit dry for my taste. Like reading Wikipedia, which is no one’s idea of a good time except maybe the editors.
My dragon is that I, like you, have too many specific interests. However, I also have three Substack newsletters lol. That's the easiest way I could figure out how to separate my brain into coherent sections.
I only get one? I think I have several with one of them ready to 'light me up' with little or no warning. Thus the asbestos shorts. :-) Have a great weekend!
40 years ago, the man that was my father-in-law noted that the scope of our interests continually grows. When he was young, a person may have one hobby and often a very small subset of that hobby. He used the example of carving wooden Santas. By his generation, a man wanted to attempt all the aspects of woodworking from box making, bowl turning and furniture making while still having a decent golf game and knowing where all the great places to fish existed. It's gotten worse over those 40 years. Now we need to travel the world, fill social media with our vast array of skill conquests, play fifteen different sports and more. I can only imagine what it will be like in the next 40 years.
My dragon is that I, like you, have too many specific interests. However, I also have three Substack newsletters lol. That's the easiest way I could figure out how to separate my brain into coherent sections.
I only get one? I think I have several with one of them ready to 'light me up' with little or no warning. Thus the asbestos shorts. :-) Have a great weekend!
40 years ago, the man that was my father-in-law noted that the scope of our interests continually grows. When he was young, a person may have one hobby and often a very small subset of that hobby. He used the example of carving wooden Santas. By his generation, a man wanted to attempt all the aspects of woodworking from box making, bowl turning and furniture making while still having a decent golf game and knowing where all the great places to fish existed. It's gotten worse over those 40 years. Now we need to travel the world, fill social media with our vast array of skill conquests, play fifteen different sports and more. I can only imagine what it will be like in the next 40 years.
My dragon - the top most monstrous one bellows "you suck. get a new gig."
Seems you're talking about what Steven Pressfield calls 'Resistance.'
My dragons? Hm... somehow, when it's time to get to writing/editing, I find other 'important' things to do.