long-form
This is the part I find hardest to admit.
One of my main focuses with this project is to commit to a long-form piece every single week. This, coming from a paid-up alumni of the university of stuck.
I'm writing this on December 16th, 2025. Depending on when you read it, you'll either be amazed at my progress or sadly aware that future me dropped the ball. Time will tell.
If I don't think big and in public, I've already failed. So this is the game plan.
Real-time join the dots. Writing as a tool for discovery, not teaching.
The experiment is about momentum. How do I keep it? It might be that the posts get meta — writing about writing about trying to keep my energy high enough to keep shipping. It might be that I find cadence, build a routine, and you'll think: this writer isn't stuck, look at his output.
And I'll tell you that my best pieces will probably reference my almost endless track record of epic nope-outs and failures.
Time will tell.
One thing I do know: I've already banked a month's worth of content while making this project come to life.
I started my first draft last Sunday. I plan to post it this Friday — the longest runway I could give myself. I'm 80% of the way there. Historically, that's the perfect place to get stuck and nope out.
But something's different. I'm articulating deep insights and connections through the writing. That alone is spurring me on to finish and publish.
I'm learning about myself through the act of writing about myself.
The unlock of this entire project is permission. I finally gave myself permission to explore what makes me think and act the way I do. See what lands. See what threads fit together.
I probably should have tried this years ago.