🔗 A lack of frequency increases the pressure to deliver quality
I have this story in my head, that the longer I go without writing a note here, the better that note has to be when I do eventually come back and post again.
Oh yeah, this feeling is very real. Part of me thinks that this stems partly from the duality that comes from writing on your own site verses writing “throwaway” thoughts on social media. But I can tell you that, as someone who posts exclusively passing thoughts on their own site (I POSSE), that I get these feelings too.
I think it’s an understandable feeling. I’m sure we’ve all seen all the rubbish that’s out there online now, and those that obviously put great care in what they push out to the world — and I group Rach Smith as someone who does, given how well designed her site is — probably want to avoid adding to that. And obviously I can’t dictate how one should feel about what they publish. All I know for myself is that I am a believer in quantity coming from quality. Not everything needs to be great. It just needs to be good. And finding the great among the good comes from shipping regularly.
Of course, that’s the theory. It’s always a littler harder to adhere to the practice.