I’m becoming more of a question guy than an answer guy (ironic, “Ford Knows”—you all got that, I assume.)
But…before I launch into my latest thought salad, I feel compelled to make note of the frequency with which I use the word “I”—six times, just now, including the first and last words of that opening. Oof.
“Ugh,” I imagine people saying, “This fucking “I” guy—I, me, my, mine—when’s he going to make it about us?” So I guess I just want to make explicit my thoughts on that subject, and Jesus, am I now super self-conscious about every “I” and “my” I use. Christ!
The problem, of course, is that old adage, “Write what you know.”
I resisted picking a Substack “major” back when I wrote my early post about niches (“A NICHE! A Niche! My Queendom For a Niche!”) because I just didn’t feel capable of proclaiming myself an expert on any one thing, and didn’t want to limit myself besides.
The only subject I a…
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