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to Wild Geese.”
I started this podcast, Wild Geese, interviewing people who interested me; anybody who I saw while I was scrolling on TikTok who made me go, “oh, I want to deepen that conversation.” I would reach out, talk to them, and I had a great time. But in coming back to the show, I realized that a lot of that was sort of a crutch. It was a wall that I could stand behind because I didn’t trust that I had enough to say on my own.
I’ve always had this kind of worm in the back of my brain that has told me that I’m not a very interesting person. In high school theater, we all sat in a circle one day and went one-by-one saying what our biggest insecurity was (which is an insane thing to do to high schoolers). I remember saying, “I just don’t think there’s anything really interesting about me.”
You might know the phrase: “In order to be interesting, you need to be interested.”
Instead of putting all of your thoughts and energy into thinking about how to be more interesting or less boring, find a way to channel your own curiosity. Realize what you’re interested in, and really go full-force into your interests—that’s how you become more interesting.
The blanket advice of “create more than you consume” is good advice, but it’s incomplete advice. Because now we’re in such a routine of consuming so much in a way that’s really, really shallow. I think what you first have to do to break yourself out of that pattern is to become a better consumer—become a more intentional consumer.
One avenue into doing so is taking notes—and not just taking notes but building a “Digital Garden” for yourself.
to Wild Geese.”
I started this podcast, Wild Geese, interviewing people who interested me; anybody who I saw while I was scrolling on TikTok who made me go, “oh, I want to deepen that conversation.” I would reach out, talk to them, and I had a great time. But in coming back to the show, I realized that a lot of that was sort of a crutch. It was a wall that I could stand behind because I didn’t trust that I had enough to say on my own.
I’ve always had this kind of worm in the back of my brain that has told me that I’m not a very interesting person. In high school theater, we all sat in a circle one day and went one-by-one saying what our biggest insecurity was (which is an insane thing to do to high schoolers). I remember saying, “I just don’t think there’s anything really interesting about me.”
You might know the phrase: “In order to be interesting, you need to be interested.”
Instead of putting all of your thoughts and energy into thinking about how to be more interesting or less boring, find a way to channel your own curiosity. Realize what you’re interested in, and really go full-force into your interests—that’s how you become more interesting.
The blanket advice of “create more than you consume” is good advice, but it’s incomplete advice. Because now we’re in such a routine of consuming so much in a way that’s really, really shallow. I think what you first have to do to break yourself out of that pattern is to become a better consumer—become a more intentional consumer.
One avenue into doing so is taking notes—and not just taking notes but building a “Digital Garden” for yourself.
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