Learning about EA has revealed within me two distinctly different drives, both to achieve the same outcome: belonging.
On one hand I want to share thoughts, hunches and instincts based on little more than experience in attempts to start discussions and hear others thoughts.
On the other hand I want my thoughts to be at least logical or rational enough that their sharing lowers friction for those receiving.
When trying to write for the EA forums it feels like I’m hosting a party for guests whose expectations I’m unfamiliar with.
I don’t want to out myself as not belonging, but I have to risk that in order to a) improve my thoughts and b) find out better where I belong.
The desire to belong within EA seems like a me problem, instinct tells me it’s less EAs job to make me feel welcome than it is my job to know myself with more clarity (and thus have more confidence in the value of hunches and instincts even if they do get downvoted to oblivion as I fear they might).
Learning about EA has revealed within me two distinctly different drives, both to achieve the same outcome: belonging.
On one hand I want to share thoughts, hunches and instincts based on little more than experience in attempts to start discussions and hear others thoughts.
On the other hand I want my thoughts to be at least logical or rational enough that their sharing lowers friction for those receiving.
When trying to write for the EA forums it feels like I’m hosting a party for guests whose expectations I’m unfamiliar with.
I don’t want to out myself as not belonging, but I have to risk that in order to a) improve my thoughts and b) find out better where I belong.
The desire to belong within EA seems like a me problem, instinct tells me it’s less EAs job to make me feel welcome than it is my job to know myself with more clarity (and thus have more confidence in the value of hunches and instincts even if they do get downvoted to oblivion as I fear they might).