When More Inputs Is What You Need

Some mental stews need to be left simmering. Others need extra flavor. — Monday Dispatch 2025/08/18

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This week, a personal story on being stuck consuming without creating, and finding a way out by… consuming more?!

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I had a mental stew on the stove, but it needed extra flavor.

The past few weeks have been frustrating.

I had that rare kind of time off when the kids are at school. In the lead-up to it, I dreamed of getting so much done. Live like someone with the luxury of working without having to work. Write, read, code, train.

But when the time came, I couldn’t get started on anything. All those shiny ideas had lost their sparkle. Absolutely no gumption.