Writing really is an Emotional Rollercoaster

[[Writing]] has become my passion over time; I have built a whole company based on technical writing services (even though most say that’s impossible). After doing it for 11 years publicly (much longer privately), I still enjoy it every day. If I could have one dream, I’d probably imagine the book-author lifestyle, where I go to a faraway place or island and just write in my journal, articles from my vast notes system (~3 million words), or writing 2-3 books.

But also, I wanted to have a medium to express [[My Terminal Workflow with MacOS and Linux|my workflow]], discuss how others write, and learn even more. It’s truly an art form and a craft to write, at least it is to me. It’s not something you just sit down and do for 5 hours (as my upcoming guest liked to say). It’s essentially your life. You observe, you find things to write about, you get angry, you find a cool hack, you create a story. It’s all of it! And you can’t plan it.

Some days you write 2-3 articles/notes in parallel; other weeks you write none at all. And then the imposter syndrome. Everything you write is public. My rriting process is usually:

1. Ohh this is so great, this is so interesting, I’m looking forward to sharing
2. Next day: oh what’s that, this is crap, why should I publish this?
3. Then the loss of motivation: the hard part. Where you need to make it work, you change, but it’s not right. You change again, you get feedback, you change. And eventually you see the light and can say, OK, yes, this is good!

Writing really is an emotional rollercoaster, and it’s been that way with all the articles I have written. Less so with the notes on my second brain, there I’m less “storytelling”, but more like “curating facts”.

So long story short, yes, this is what my new show is all about: «Show Your Workflow». I hope you like it. Subscribe if you haven’t already to get the next one, if that is something that interests you.