I’m done. For now.
Done with this experiment. Done with daily issues. Done crashing into your mailbox every day. Done writing meta-posts about posting that, deep down, have some universal truth on human behavior. Or the other way around.
At this point is not the numbers that matter — they’re good. It is not the feedback that matters — people that reach out say nice things — thanks, I appreciate the feedback.
But I’m not happy with the result. It's me, not you.
I want to share more thoughtful posts and take more time to think and write. I can’t do that daily. Not now.
I told you this was an experiment on pushing the limits and vulnerability. I’m done with this experiment, but I’m not done with experimenting.
The motto is still the same:
”Some ideas just need to get out of my mind and out in the world so they can eventually mate other ideas have other baby ideas and eventually make a difference.”
I still want to tinker with the style. I find most newsletters too dry and technical. I want to inject emotion and even humor. I want to make them personal and relatable. Like a handwritten letter — remember those?
We live in a world of extremes. On the one hand, we’re drawn to echo chambers where people repeat platitudes, shared beliefs or shallow views of the world. On the other hand, there’s noise in the form of a flood of facts and news that have no meaning, no context, no interpretation, and no impact.
We put things and people into boxes. Because we have no time to understand what they are and discover that they are not the label.
Thinking consumes energy that we don’t have.
Questioning creates uncertainty that we avoid.
Challenging creates tension that can’t stand.
But that’s exactly what we need to do.
That’s the only thing that is worth doing.
That’s my desire, my ambition, my goal.
I hope you stick around and read what’s coming and give me feedback.
I’ll be back here every week and will write daily on Linkedin.
See you soon.
Hugo