There’s metrics involved with number and algorithms. It turns into a game.

I love growth but I’m skeptical

I want to have impact on this world

I understand the important of marketing to share ideas like how all the best writers pre-Internet literally had to rely on boo publishers to sprinkle their book across the country because they couldn’t.

the unhealthy truth of checking the stats all the time of even this email list. Maybe it’d be better if I revert back to a mass email on BCC but then I wouldn’t be able to have large images to share that you all know I love sharing.

Shout out to all the folks who have inspired along this journey without social media. Including my college crush Nate Jones, Shelby Smith (who took a year off a while ago that I found so inspiring), Brendan Stec , Mari Andrew, Steven Schlafman