John
@itjohn.bsky.social
Not a social media user. Likes to buy books to add to the pile.
Time to get back to creating in 2025! Finally dusted off this old draft about the struggle of easy consumption vs actually creating something: 9bladed.com/essay/2025-0... (or if you prefer to get emails, for now you can use Substack: open.substack.com/pub/wanderin...)
Consume Or Create?
The first draft of this was in the fall… of 2022. Lots more to say here, but obviously the issues of procrastination, perfectionism, and general time
9bladed.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Time to get back to creating in 2025! Finally dusted off this old draft about the struggle of easy consumption vs actually creating something: 9bladed.com/essay/2025-0... (or if you prefer to get emails, for now you can use Substack: open.substack.com/pub/wanderin...)
That satisfaction of the first opening of a new tube of toothpaste
May 10, 2024 at 6:32 AM
That satisfaction of the first opening of a new tube of toothpaste
I think we should call gold diggers wealth redistributors instead.
April 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I think we should call gold diggers wealth redistributors instead.
I've somehow reached a stage in life where a good pair of socks would make a fantastic gift. Even worse, I would actually be excited by such a gift, too.
January 28, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I've somehow reached a stage in life where a good pair of socks would make a fantastic gift. Even worse, I would actually be excited by such a gift, too.
I *might* consider giving up paper books if eink screens ever give off that perfect aroma of paper and binding glue, but not a moment sooner. Now I'll get back to sniffing I mean reading my books.
August 14, 2023 at 8:02 PM
I *might* consider giving up paper books if eink screens ever give off that perfect aroma of paper and binding glue, but not a moment sooner. Now I'll get back to sniffing I mean reading my books.