What I miss about writing each day and how it changes the migration process of this website
In this tiny blog post I share three things I miss about writing every day (slowing down, achievement and brain emptiness) and how I'll adapt the migration process (half of the time writing, half for migration).
Context: migration in progress
At the moment I'm in a phase where I've stopped writing to push on the migration of the Swiss Innovation Academy website from Podia to Ghost.
And I have to say: I miss writing.
What I miss about writing
It's funny to realize, once I'm not writing for a long enough time, how much writing does good stuff to my brain:
- Writing slows down: especially writing by hand has a wonderful calming quality and helps my brain focus. Which then makes the rest of my work day focused.
- Writing gives a sense of achievement: seeing a library of knowledge grow gives a daily sense of"I get shit done". And progress attracts progress.
- Writing empties my brain: I have many reflections about my work, ideas, etc. that ping in my brain. Once I write them down, they become clearer, and they don't ping back.
How it changes the migration process
So as I'm writing this I realize I need to change my approach to the migration I'm doing. Instead of using all my writing time for this migration and getting it done earlier, I want instead to use half of it. Half for migration. Half for writing.
And to not mess-up things too much for the migration, I'll publish these new writings on the new platform (Ghost).
Backstage of this article
This article was written and illustrated by hand on a refurbished Remarkable II tablet. The handwritten text was converted to typed text with the Connect Service by Remarkable. If you are curious you can download the original note below.