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Making this blog my default

June 21, 2021

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The ideal solution to any problem stemming from our inherent laziness is a single-dose solution—a default. If you can “set it and forget it,” whatever change you’re trying to create will be quite easy to make.*

“How to Change” by Katy Milkman

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My goal with this blog is to make it my default for creative output. The issue I run into most frequently is wanting to work on different things in different states: podcast episodes, videos, filming b-roll sawdust for later (that I rarely use), Twitter threads, and making visuals on my iPad or Figma for all of these things.

That creates a lot of indecision.

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I want the blog to be the launchpad for my work.

  • If I’m making a video, I should start with writing a blog post that doubles as a rough script or outline.
  • If I’m doing a podcast, I should start with a book notes page or from recent blog posts
  • If I’m making a Twitter thread, it should be some version of a blog post

The exception might be Instagram, where I’ll just try to schedule out different desk photos and things like that.

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In any case, the default can always be:

  1. Grab a quote from recent reading or listening
  2. Write about it

If I do that day in and day out, good things will happen.

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