I can't finish blog posts

2026-05-01 19:03

When I read blogs I see so many tight impactful words of wisdom is just two or three paragraphs. How the hell do you do it? Every time I go to write something my mind wanders on a million tangents, I never feel like I've given enough context on anything, so I start explaining myself, which lead to more tangents, and then I lose excitement for my original idea, and give up.

Wait no, I think I know what's happening. I'm writing for you, not me. Damnit. I thought I wasn't doing that. Why do I do that? I don't need to explain to myself. Maybe that's the trick. Pretend there is no audience.

This was a brainfart. Here's my middle ground while I figure it out. Three little blinking dots that say "Even though there is much more I'd like to say, I've simply run out of puff, so I'm leaving it here"...

• 19,349 paragraphs were deleted in the making of this post.
• I'm kinda chuffed I learnt a technical solution (@keyframes) to a psychological problem right in the middle of writing about it. Yet another type of tangent!
• Maybe now I'm just not going to make sense to anyone...