On drafts, delays, and doing it anyway
Even if life gets in the way, we are our own blockers. Today, there's no excuse not to do it. Ship it! Even if it isn't yet perfect.
This is pretty much an off-topic post.
It has been a loooong time since I posted anything, but I'll tell you what: I'm just lazy and a perfectionist.
Currently, I have:
- four drafts (2 from 2025, 2 from 2026),
- one internally published post (2025 that should have been reposted here),
- and a new idea I came up with today.
Health issues got in the way, and I had to deal with those first. Life has been hectic too, so I think I should do as you all and accept the help AI offers and use it to get back up to speed.
A note on finishing!
My biggest problem is not starting anymore. It is finishing.
In a way, that might be the problem for 50% of the people (I think). Hold my beer while I Bing-search it quickly...
...
It kinda proves my point...
The LLM elephant! Yes! We all can start more projects now, and maybe finish more of them too.
There is a quote I want to include because it came to mind; it says something like
The first time you do something, it will not be perfect or flawless.
That means I should probably stop making excuses for not posting and simply ship it! Maybe you too! Just do it!
Honestly, this post should not even exist!
Found the quote:
— Vironika Tugaleva
But hey ... anyway. Cheers!
Funny thing: this started as a "less than a tweet"-size text that I dictated, then a "fix my grammar please" prompt.
Once I finished, I edited a bit, grabbed the quote and a few GIFs, and it came out to around 300 words. Decent! 😏
I love Grammarly btw.
PS
I'll do my best to publish all of the many thousands of posts (4) I have and put "when" they should've be live ... Not that it matters to everyone, but as a reminder to me not to postpone stuff. ;)