I stumbled upon [Andy Matuschak's](https://notes.andymatuschak.org/) working notes through [Alex Komorske's](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x8z6k07JqXTVIRVNr1S_7wYVl5L7IpX14gXxU1UBrGk/edit?usp=sharing) weekly bits and bobs (which I religiously read whenever he shares them). Andy has written about what he calls Evergreen notes; which I find very interesting. I tend to fall into the same trap he speaks about; where I'm trying to write _to think_, but end up playing editor at the same time - preparing whatever I'm writing to be read by a public audience. Maybe that's fine (like Andy says) for places where I understand the topic or subject matter well (i.e. [[Style]] - literally something about my _personal_ style). But in places where I'm doing an exploration of a topic or concept, it can almost be prohibitive to write for it to be "audience-ready". It's so challenging to "unlock" a natural, writing-for-myself style when I've got it in my head that I'm writing for a public audience. I genuinely want to develop ideas over time, and I've done this primarily in a non-published Obsidian vault. Maybe it's time to just merge the two worlds; what is the opportunity cost of writing slightly unpolished thoughts here? My intention was for [my blog](https://blog.shivan.dev) to be "more polished".