Time to be Vulnerable on the Internet

I have a bad habit of Consuming things on the Internet. I refresh the apps, scroll the feeds, browse the forums, read the chats. Often I’d find something interesting or funny. Sometimes it’d be too interesting, and I’d wake up from the trance four hours later with a dry mouth and a headache.

What’s worse, all this consuming, evaluating, analyzing, and reading have made me into an armchair expert on many topics. I would have Opinions on many things that would for sure be Right and Correct. When I’d see something Wrong, I would half-consciously spend time arguing with people in my head. I would always win, of course. After all, I was right.

At the same time, I wouldn’t do much myself. I’d be passive and avoidant. Whenever I wanted to make something, I would get overwhelmed with all the options and problems I knew about.

This is no way to live. I want to give something to the world. I want to connect with people.

I like these quotes very much:

when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.
– why the lucky stiff

When you start to be a hater, maybe it’s the right time to do something yourself.
– Stromae

So let’s make something. Let’s put something Messy and Real on this godforsaken Web landscape full of SEO and automated junk. Let’s make something for each other.

Hope you’ll enjoy it.

This was supposed to be my first post, but I imported one from my old site. So now it’s the second. Boo. Hopefully it’ll have the same effect as trashing my precious sketchbook :)