Hitching on results

I have been wanting to write for a long time. I have been putting it off. Sometimes, my reason is that I don’t have much to say about a topic. If it’s scientific computing, then my mind goes “there have been many books written on it already” or “what do I know about Fourier Transforms that hasn’t been said already?” Other times, the reason is I don’t have a good title for my blog post. My mind goes: “How embarrassing it would be if my blog becomes famous and I have a lame title?” I haven’t kept track, but I have spent dozens of hours of my life thinking about the title of a yet-to-exist blog. That’s just silly. I know it, but I keep doing it still. It usually happens when I have an epiphany. That sends me down a spiral about how that one insight is the thing upon which my blog (and life, why not?) will be based. ...

June 27, 2025 · 5 min