Find the process that is right for you

On Monday, I wrote about what it would be like if writing this blog was easy. And for the rest of the week it was. I want this blog to be a catalyst for learning and curiosity, so I wrote about a topic I had a hard time to understand when I learned it, an idea for an interesting project, and how to become better at programming. Having this constraint was extremely useful. It gave me a few ideas I really liked writing about. But now I'm back at the root problem. I'm spending so much time on writing this blog that I don't take any time to actually learn something new.

This is one of these posts where I'm moaning about the fact that I don't know what to write about. I hate doing this. It is much more satisfying to write something that makes a point. It makes writing so much easier. Doing this, on the other hand, fells like rambling along just to fill the silence. But I'm much more comfortable with silence if I don't feel like I have something to say. This kind of public rambling doesn't help anyone. It doesn't help me to get better at writing, and it doesn't create something that is interesting (or valuable) to read. I would rather spend the time I'm using for this to learn about something to make another post more interesting. That's one format I want to try. Learn about a specific topic for a week and spend one day writing about it. But I'm not able (or willing) to spend even more time on this blog than I already am.

One of the best things you can do for your creative work is to find a process that works for you. The best way to do this is to experiment with it. Start sprints around specific goals, or different processes. But don't be as naive and set goals as long as 100 days. If you want to do something just to switch up your previous process, I can now say with certainty that this is way to long.