I have to admit that I was tempted to do the “short-term” thing here at Medium. After all, it’s the cool site of today.
But then I realized that what I want requires a complete review of my current habits and how they have gotten me where I am at.
Value is the keyword, and as such, I have been doing some research on the meaning of it. The best definition I’ve found is: value is not a thing nor can be represented by something. Instead, it is a process where we determine if that something reliefs us or help us in what we are trying to accomplish.
Hence, you don’t try to show the value of something. Instead, you help others in anything you can. Value is then built by itself and becomes apparent.
Not sure if this makes sense. After all, like you, I’m just teaching myself to write better. And you get there by writing, not by trying to write better.
I like your purpose.