List of reasons why I write this blog and principles I aspire to. They evolve over time, and I like to keep track.
2024-01-10
- write gratitude posts day of. No planning. Same with scripture studies.
2023-12-31
- Write every day (Seth Godin style). Many posts will be bad. But higher repetitions means better writing.
- Learn by writing. Synthesis only happens when sharing.
- Write first, edit later.
- Use writing to actively digest world news. Doomscrolling is futile and anxiety inducing. Writing and synthesizing helps me comparmentalize the world and where I fit into it.
- Develop an opinion. Strong opinions, weakly held. A ship is better heading in any direction than none at all. An opinion is a direction.
- Every post is a story. If it’s not a story, it’s not worth reading.
- I am me. I write what’s on my mind. I hope it’s interesting to different people in different ways.
- Write each post for one real person in my life, based on one real discussion.
- Gratitude is healing, produces optimism, and reveals a new way. Give thanks daily. I give thanks, therefore I have.
2022-12-05
- All blogs are wrong, but some are useful (riff on George Box’s quote that all models are wrong)
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Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing: