Your Post Doesn't Have to Be an Essay

I get it. You don’t want your blog to be a Twitter shitpost. You want to research the topic. You want to cover it well, from many angles, anticipating potential counter-arguments. You want to be objective. You want to write detailed disclaimers that highlight the limitations. You want your posts to be accessible. You want your posts to be useful.

“You” are me. I struggle to publish anything because of this perfectionism.

But short, subjective, high-context posts can still be useful. They can still communicate ideas. It’s as simple as that.

You don’t have to manually write out every proof, every bit of context. Your readers have their entire life experience as context. If your idea is good, some readers will just recall their own examples and proofs. You don’t have to put in the huge effort and convince all the others. There’s nothing wrong with attempting that, but realize that this isn’t the only approach. Paradoxically, you may reach more people if you post “underdeveloped” ideas but do so more often.

Examples for inspiration:

• Concise explanations accelerate progress
• The beekeeper-keepers
• Everyone will not just
• Any short quote that circulates online.