I’m starting my substack channel!
I’ve occasionally posted my thoughts in different places: personal website, github, medium, X, WeChat etc. But I wanna be more consistent and transparent to share my self-awareness, reflections and path to self-realization & actualization.
Here are some reasons that I would be transiting to substack:
- medium has a paywall, where substack is more flexible: I'm making all my posts free to subscribe.
- ideas are cheap, execution and the learnings from executions are more valuable, ideas from those learnings are more insightful.
- why this, why now: I'm feeling more comfortable to be not comfortable, as I've made enough struggle to be anxious about my struggle that I hope that I've outgrown the anxiety.
I appreciate your attention, so I would like you to know that: my writings will be combined with raw notes as well as edited and revisioned detail post with help of LLMs. (I am doing this only to improve my writing skills, so I can use less of LLMs but deliver the same effective and more concise points in a English-reader-friendly way).
Here is a quote I really like in Chinese (it is credited to Steve Jobs but I never find the orignal):
“我们都在穷尽自己仅有的一点天赋，来表达内心深处的感受！” -
Translated back in English: “We exhausted our gifts for the whole life, to express the feelings deep in soul. "
I see myself as someone “Driven by intellectual honesty, empathy, and a passion for making a lasting impact for the greater good.” I’ve noted in my personal website back in 2018 that my vision centers on empowering individuals and organizations to tackle society’s most pressing challenges collaboratively, as I believe humanity’s greatest achievements arise from collective efforts.
I’m now pursuing the second phase of life: help make the world a little bit different through social change and, hopefully, make a difference.
There are multiple pathways to reach that: creative writing (picture a better world), investment (working/donating/investing to make a better world), entreprenuership (dedicate to realize a better world), education (empower people to make a better world), etc. There is no bias or limit in doing all these together, but I do think creative writing is the least distraction to the other three options.
More self-reflection and sharing will be coming. Stay tuned!
Hope my writing has prompted you to spark some thinking. PS. If I could write, you can write!
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