He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how
~ Friedrich Nietzsche

Ok, we are not going to get into the “why” of life right now, I don’t have that much time. I wanted to do a quick post on WHY? post in the first place.

Here is a quick spoiler alert: it is not for fame and fortune (I am sure my two readers are very wealthy), or my personal brand, or even mostly for you.

It’s for me.

The act of thinking through, composing, and posting something, anything, that hopefully is not complete and utter compost has become important for me. It helps me clarify what I am thinking and gives context to a lot of ideas that don’t really fit anywhere else.

I like Seth Godin’s thoughts on posting:

The first thing I would say is everyone should blog, even if it’s not under their own name, every single day. If you are in public making predictions and noticing things, your life gets better. Because you will find a discipline that can’t help but benefit you.

If you want to do it in a diary, that’s fine. But the problem with diaries is because they’re private, you can start hiding. In public, in this blog, there it is. Six weeks ago you said this; 12 weeks ago you said that. Are you able, every day, to say one thing that’s new that you’re willing to stand behind? I think that’s just a huge, wonderful practice. 

~ Seth Godin ep. 138  The Tim Ferris Show

If I am honest, I do hope that what I write is helpful to others. I try to write things in a way that they will be useful, but if that were the only reason to do it, it would be too much pressure and I would not do it.

I find posting here to be a really helpful process, and I would encourage you to post too.

Bonus: One of my favorite EDM tracks by Aly & Fila called appropriately: Why?

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