Hi, I'm Sebastian. I have no idea what's going on here. Maybe soon....
Lots of blog posts I'm reading are preachy. Do this. Don't do that. I get it. People want to have strong opinions. Maybe it's the sheer volume of blog posts that makes people want to have strong opinions. Maybe they fear they won't get heard otherwise. God knows I'm guilty of this myself. As an inexperienced writer, I have copied the style I'm most exposed to. And now I've come to hate it. Maybe…
Hustle culture has melted my brain. I hardly remember the times when I was able to do something for fun, not for profit. Or, the allure of profit, I might say. I recently taught myself Godot, since I've always wanted to dabble in game development. I came up with a cool idea fairly quickly, and, full of excitement, set off to work on it. After one particularly prolific bout of amateur game…
Want to learn something new? Get a personal teacher as soon as possible. If you don't have enough money to pay someone, find a mentor among your friends or a local club. Show them what you already can do and receive their feedback with an open mind and open heart. Every course correction they show you is a shortcut to success you haven't been aware of. Don't listen to people telling you that you…
Like this. Before you leave, outraged by the clickbait-y title and the casual simplicity of this two-word answer, allow me to explain. The reason why I didn't start a blog in the last five years? Simple: I liked to fantasize about starting more than I liked putting in the work. Everytime I daydreamed about writing, I felt great. Staring down the blank page, on the other hand, didn't feel great. To…