BRB

Today, I meant to write more around my purpose for writing my book, but so far, it’s been too overwhelming. I keep getting in the weeds. I thought maybe I could finish up this evening, but it’s not at all coming together as I’d hoped.

I don’t want to fail at writing every day, so I’m writing at least to say I failed at my initial hope. Better to write this more notional post and cross it off my list than to stay up all night and write a long and rambling but hard to follow piece.

Writing on stage, thinking in public as I am, I am challenged to write for two audiences at once: you and me. When I’m reflecting on my purpose, it’s admittedly more self-centred. But always, I hope to say something that’s interesting or insightful for readers. Writing a long, rambling post is not going to get read, and it will always bother me that it exists on the Internet. This is something I can do in my private journal, and maybe I will.

For now, I will just say, thank you for your patience as I fail today at delivering something more useful and interesting. I hope to return to this space tomorrow morning with a clearer head.

Goodnight.