“gray and black fountain pen and book” by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

I no longer aim to write a masterpiece.

Xine Way
Xine Way
Sep 8, 2018 · 2 min read

I can’t describe the number of hours I spent obsessively analyzing my stats to figure out what worked, what didn’t, and why.

I can’t describe the number of times I read the works of popular bloggers and tried to cop their style.. unsuccessfully.

“Imitate the habits of giants,” people say. Self-help articles tout all this shit about copying people.

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