I really felt the tension you describe between knowing so much and doing so little. It’s like loading your backpack with every possible tool, then realizing you’re too weighed down to actually go on the hike. This made “starting messy” feel less like a failure and more like an initiation.
Underneath "getting ready," it's often a desire to protect our identity from exposure.
But at some point, progress can only happen through contact with reality, with other people. And the confidence that eventually builds from that... you can't really think your way into it. You only earn it by shipping.
I have a note in my own [articles to write] list that says “The fetishization of computers, social media, notes, organization systems, and the ensueing courses, videos, pages, etc. which are essentially self-licking ice cream cones. Love this article, if I ever flush out these ideas I hope to do them justice. It is beyond bonkers. I’m old school - pen and notebook.
I really felt the tension you describe between knowing so much and doing so little. It’s like loading your backpack with every possible tool, then realizing you’re too weighed down to actually go on the hike. This made “starting messy” feel less like a failure and more like an initiation.
"Your brain is so good at solving problems that it has invented a problem that cannot be solved: How to launch without the risk of being judged."
This ❤️ So many gems in this article, thanks again for sharing your wisdom.
When it's so accurate it makes you laugh and cry at the same time...
You better don’t read my upcoming piece haha.
This reads too personal. Thanks for holding the mirror Philip.
came for the bait, stayed for the Creator Archetype freebie
I hope it was helpful.
Yes, optimization often becomes a form of hiding.
Underneath "getting ready," it's often a desire to protect our identity from exposure.
But at some point, progress can only happen through contact with reality, with other people. And the confidence that eventually builds from that... you can't really think your way into it. You only earn it by shipping.
Thank you Sir 🙏
I have a note in my own [articles to write] list that says “The fetishization of computers, social media, notes, organization systems, and the ensueing courses, videos, pages, etc. which are essentially self-licking ice cream cones. Love this article, if I ever flush out these ideas I hope to do them justice. It is beyond bonkers. I’m old school - pen and notebook.