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I should be working on my own blog

I have a personal website with a Blog feature, but I have only made 3 posts in the last...4 years. 

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I have lots of ideas and opinions (ha!), but it isn't really my instinct to write them out and force them on other people (because, let's be honest, I would HAVE to post links on social media for anyone to find these). I do find that writing about an idea is an effective means to force myself to think through that idea, its underlying assumptions, and the specific aspect that interests me. However, I often don't seem to have the extra time for something that feels like work. Maybe if I approached it with the perspective that my words could actually help someone else, that would give me motivation to make more posts. 

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