Publishing Drafts

Drafts are an existential threat to this blog. Logging in to see a pile of unpublished drafts is toxic.

I learned this the hard way with an email newsletter. By the time the 60th email was sent out, there were 35 unfinished drafts sitting there like a giant weight landing on me everytime I logged in. Do I start something new? Do I finish one of these drafts? Which one? It took any wind I had right out of the sails.

I won’t let that happen this time. If I get as far as typing it out, I’m either publishing it or deleting it. No more extra baggage lying around.

And publishing drafts seems like a good idea for two reasons.

One, they say it’s good to show your work. They being teachers, marketing advisors, and the author/artist Austin Kleon.

Two, it reduces open loops. I’m on an undeclared quest to significantly reduce the number of open loops in my life. And unpublished drafts are open loops that can be closed pretty easily. By either deleting or publishing them.

Two birds, one stone. Let’s give it a go.