WordPress, Writing Every day, and Deep Work

I final wrote in regards to the Magnitude of WordPress and stated that the unique model of the article was going to be for much longer; nevertheless, the content material was too scattered for me to attempt to deliver all of it collectively in a cohesive article.

So I’ve opted to separate them into at the very least a pair, if not three articles. If the final one was extra outward targeted on the standing of WordPress and the way we should always take into consideration as individuals in its economic system, this text is extra inwardly targeted on a number of issues about which I’ve been considering.

The very first thing I discussed within the earlier article that I didn’t cowl was the next:

However why “bizarre?”

On the time of this text, I’ve printed 408 pages of content material that dates again to October 3, 2010. For a lot of, a few years I wrote a number of occasions every week and for a very long time I used to be writing virtually each day particularly round numerous issues concerning WordPress and software program engineering inside WordPress.

On WordPress, Writing Every day, and Deep Work

On one hand, I miss the frequency at which I used to be writing as a result of I genuinely take pleasure in it and I believe I’ve additionally misplaced a few of proverbial muscle that comes with it (that’s to say, I’m not so good as it as I as soon as was – to not say I used to be essentially good however I positively don’t really feel as if I’m “within the behavior” in the meanwhile).

However rather a lot’s occurred to not simply to, y’know, the world over the previous couple of years but in addition in my private and {and professional} life.

🏠 First, Private

I don’t know if I’ve talked about this or not or even when it’s of any consequence however in early 2020, my spouse and I made a decision to maneuver to a extra rural space and construct a house. Additional, we had simply welcomed our third daughter who was round six-months previous on the time.

We’re nearer to household, concerned in the neighborhood, and the entire enjoyable stuff.

Additional, earlier this 12 months I did a deep dive on studying a few books by Cal Newport, particularly I learn Digital Minimalism and I learn Deep Work each of which I extremely advocate.

I talked a bit about every within the following posts:

1. Introducing Digital Minimalism in 2022
2. Digital Minimalism, Replace 1: How’s It Going?
3. Digital Minimalism, Replace 2: How It’s Ending

Since then, I’ve additionally learn A World With out Electronic mail and stay up for studying a number of the different issues in his again catalog. I additionally advocate his podcast for these of you who’re additionally on this materials.

In the course of the time without work of social media this summer season, ruminating on the fabric I’ve learn in these books, heard in his podcasts, and browse or heard in tangentially associated materials, I’m coming increasingly more to the conclusion that the subsequent section of my life and/or my profession will probably be targeted much less on-line.

That isn’t to say I received’t proceed to work in software program, know-how, or WordPress. In actual fact, staying away from the issues that are likely to most distract me (perhaps us?) will permit me to be higher at the entire issues I do each offline and on-line.

🏢 Second, Skilled

For over a 12 months now, I’ve been working as a senior software program developer for Superior Motive the place our merchandise assist folks “develop and compete with the massive guys.”

Personally, I don’t work on anyone mission. As an alternative, I work on the Analysis and Growth Group with a handful of different folks all of whom I extremely respect constructing methods and workflows that assist streamline our inner tooling in addition to serving to to coach builders on a few of this know-how, as effectively.

I’ve additionally had the chance to contribute to some of our properties in ways in which not solely have helped us launch new initiatives however enhance the efficiency of a number of the issues we have already got in place.

Due to my capacity to spend my days targeted on issues of which I discover probably the most worth with out being distracted an excessive amount of from different issues, I’d wish to assume I’m doing a few of my finest work and likewise rising in ways in which I’m unsure I’d in any other case do.

And this isn’t simply due to the place I’m working, who I’m working with, or the duties on which I’m targeted, but in addition as a result of we’ve moved to an space that’s serving to us to proceed to domesticate the life we need and give attention to issues that strongly align with our values.

So What’s Subsequent?

Relating to WordPress, writing each day, deep work, and the like there’s nonetheless rather a lot I wish to do.

I’m planning to proceed to do extra of the identical. Summer time isn’t over but however even when it’s, I don’t know if I wish to return to the way it was earlier than.

I’m having an excessive amount of enjoyable specializing in extra issues with much less distraction.

Perhaps it sounds preachy, perhaps not. If it does, I don’t imply it do be and if it doesn’t then I’m writing effectively sufficient; nevertheless, I nonetheless have the query as to what this implies for this web site. And although the reply isn’t essentially as clear as I’d like, it’s higher than that it was, say, 4 weeks in the past.

I’ll cowl that subsequent.