A data witch reflects on the compulsion to write long blog posts
By
Danielle Navarro
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Summary
The author reflects on their tendency to write excessively long blog posts, acknowledging this as a character flaw. They describe a compulsive need to deeply research topics, organize thoughts around specifics, and present the resulting complex work to readers. The post is framed as a self-aware, meta-reflection on their own writing habits and an attempt to write something shorter.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledWhen I want to understand a thing I feel a kind of psychological compulsion to delve too deeply into the darkness, dive into to as many of the specifics as I possibly can, organise my thoughts around those specifics, and then drag the whole cursed mess into the daylight
I am aware that this is perhaps unwise.
Reflecting on this
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