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Hey Paragraph, it's me hellno the optimist

hellno the optimist

hellno the optimist

Hi, this is my first post on Paragraph.xyz ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ

This post will describe some basic goals and hold me accountable to actually publish things here. Please DM or publicly cast at me @hellno so I have some external pressure to keep this up :)

Input goals

  • 500 new words per day (that's a achievable goal, can always increase word count after getting into a write & publish rhythm)

  • 15mins editing of previous articles

Output goals

  • 2 posts per week + 1 post of links sharing/list type with articles, quotes I enjoyed

    • this is a higher frequency than I would want to, but I should get into a rhythm of publishing something โ†’ more shots on goal โ†’ more happiness

  • make a meme for each post as the most condensed summary to make it easy to share and potentially collect as NFT

Results outside of my control

  • getting constructive comments and starting interesting conversations

Constraints

  • no need to mention my writing process or a habit streak besides this post

  • don't use AI to auto-complete writing

  • don't give up

What I'm optimistic about: creating a writing and publishing habit
What I'm scared of: giving up and getting hostile comments
What I look forward to: sparking conversations and connections

hellno the optimistFarcaster
hellno the optimist
Commented 2 years ago

https://paragraph.xyz/@hellno/first-post first post on paragraph โ†’ tldr there will be more posts What do you think about my fabulous personal brand: "hellno the optimist" ๐Ÿ˜‚

ColinFarcaster
Colin
Commented 2 years ago

Nice! Saw you joined the Discord as well. Let us know if you have any other feedback beyond the markdown feature request :)

hellno the optimistFarcaster
hellno the optimist
Commented 2 years ago

Thanks! great user experience so far ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ

Eric P. RhodesFarcaster
Eric P. Rhodes
Commented 2 years ago

did you previously write somewhere else? i've been using substack, but i've been curious paragraph.

hellno the optimistFarcaster
hellno the optimist
Commented 2 years ago

I've been starting and stopping for a while. most of the previous writings were in ghost or github pages

Hey Paragraph, it's me hellno the optimist