When I was younger, random curiosity about a topic or a writing technique was enough to propel me to the finish line on most things I wrote. A difficult piece meant stalling on the what [is this about?] or how [do I write this?]. Now I tend to stall on why [should I write this?]
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A good answer to why is one that gets you to finish. For me good answers tend to be along the lines of “this is unimportant enough to be fun, important enough to require a bit of courage.
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I don't think it's binary -- having some notion of why you're doing something is helpful (perhaps even necessary), but if you try to go too deep.. well, deep enough I'm not sure there are any satisfying answershttps://twitter.com/wminshew/status/1088524733405003776 …
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Makes me wonder if you saw this about “comfort set-point” and what you’d say yours is or arehttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1125128800830779392?s=21 …
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> Why is a very bad question for writers to ask. It’s for utilitarian optimizers. It's also pretty useful if you're chasing amorphous felt-but-otherwise-unmeasured meaning.
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I can't get started with anything without a clear why, but think too much about it and it spins me into a nihilist black hole. Sometimes I wish I could accept the first reason that comes to my mind and move on. Perhaps the best why is no why at all, but then I'm totally random.
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And yeah, there's nothing wrong with being random, but I'm kinda jealous of the laser focus that folks with crystal clear goals have. Every time I try to set clear goals for myself, I end up with but-it's-all-arbitrary-so-why-bother.
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maybe you win when you can be proud of having no good answer to "why"
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the post-why society...maybe that could be the name of our branch of the GSCITC, like guilds in World of Warcraft
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