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.