Great post, and just what I needed to read! I love writing but had no time for it for as long as I can remember. So I started a Substack this year to get myself into it again. The stats can be depressing but the 'work' is liberating!
This is awesome, Stephen, congratulations on all levels. Your writing is exceptional. And I love the different random topics. I love the creativity in the four years old room, I can genuinely relate; the mind never stops and a nice way to have some drawing sessions with the kiddos; I need to try that myself! Also, believe in steady growth. Although yours is already way faster than mine, in the long run, it does not matter if you wrote 50 or 12 articles a year, each one of them. I'm all in for long-form writing, so I'm looking very much forward to how you will tackle the "efficient rather than quality writing" :)
Thanks a lot Simon! One of the great things about drawing with the kids on the iPad is that it turns this from just a personal hobby to one that kids get to see me doing actively, and working to improve. I don't know if it's related but my six year old has been writing "books" the past several months, and it makes it a lot more fun to have even a tenuous shared experience with a pseudo-professional hobby.
Don’t you ever stop writing sassy things
Thanks for that post! Looking forward to reading your great posts Stephen 👀
> 2023 feels like a time to focus, turn down distractions, and practice discipline.
I'm feeling quite the same! Keep up the effort!
re: freestyle. that was me!
I loved it!
I really enjoyed your 2022 efforts. A good vintage
(The Prodigal Data Scientist was so good, tools are boring anyway)
Haters going to go ballistic when I rewrite the book of Exodus as a story about migrating off Snowflake
Love your Substack Stephen! Thank you.
here for (and inspired by) your journey as ever ✨
Thanks for the honest and open writing, a breath of fresh air.
Great post, and just what I needed to read! I love writing but had no time for it for as long as I can remember. So I started a Substack this year to get myself into it again. The stats can be depressing but the 'work' is liberating!
This is awesome, Stephen, congratulations on all levels. Your writing is exceptional. And I love the different random topics. I love the creativity in the four years old room, I can genuinely relate; the mind never stops and a nice way to have some drawing sessions with the kiddos; I need to try that myself! Also, believe in steady growth. Although yours is already way faster than mine, in the long run, it does not matter if you wrote 50 or 12 articles a year, each one of them. I'm all in for long-form writing, so I'm looking very much forward to how you will tackle the "efficient rather than quality writing" :)
Thanks a lot Simon! One of the great things about drawing with the kids on the iPad is that it turns this from just a personal hobby to one that kids get to see me doing actively, and working to improve. I don't know if it's related but my six year old has been writing "books" the past several months, and it makes it a lot more fun to have even a tenuous shared experience with a pseudo-professional hobby.