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... Year in numbers on Victoria.dev:
📰 36 articles ⌨ 40,329 words 🔠 278,810 characters find . -name ‘2020*’ | wc -l find . -name ‘2020*’ | xargs wc -cw
Year in numbers on GitHub:
📦 32 repositories 📬 188 issues https://github.com/search?q=user%3Avictoriadrake+created%3A>2020-01-01 I’ve considered writing a book. It’s one of the few things I’ve wanted to do since I was young, but haven’t yet done. This is because I have trouble convincing myself that putting in the effort to create a cohesive book would be more valuable than putting the same effort into writing articles on my site, which are read by thousands each week.
I have roughly three books’ worth of words written on victoria.
... When presented with an offer like “Get $10 when you sign up today,” the question you should be asking to make the proper value calculation is, “Am I willing to start this new habit for $10?” The process of writing and editing your own work is to temporarily fall in love with your words and then break up with them repeatedly.
Draft like you’re half-drunk. Edit sober.
