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I built the Garden in hopes that its structure (or lack thereof) can help me make and share things more freely, authentically, and sustainably. There's such a huge variety of stuff I'm excited to create; having one platform to collect all of them in various stages of completeness feels awesome!

The term "digital garden" is a very new phenomenon, yet it already holds a very dear place in my heart. I really like Maggie Appleton's explainer: maggieappleton.com/garden-history

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At my current phase of learning, I feel like there's a lot of value in practicing writing/sharing thoughts more freely (higher quantity + lower expectation for quality)! Here's what I hope the next year will look like:

Since I started writing last March, I've improved a lot! But I found that my expectations for myself grew faster than my actual abilities if I waited until I was happy with something before releasing it.