A Chance Of Pace In My Writing

Harshal
Jan 15
2 min read

Updated: Jan 23

Protecting My Writing Habit While In High-Growth AI Role

I’m changing pace in blogs on my website and Substack.

I spent 10 minutes writing this. You need a minute to read this.

Paused writing while getting deeper into tech.

Last Few Months...

After joining a high-growth startup with significant responsibility and steep learning demands, I reduced my daily writing time from 30 minutes to 2 minutes. I made this change to protect the habit of clarifying my thoughts while limiting the time it required.

This shift freed up time to go deeper into the AI space. I spent more energy building AI products and designing agentic workflows. Working with and building with AI was energizing.

Over several weeks, I used those 2 minutes each night to record how my day unfolded. I wrote about the pressure, uncertainty, and the excitement. My goal was to turn these notes into a blog that captured the highs and lows of ramping up in a startup.

But because most days I was either taking notes or spending only 2 minutes writing, the number of blogs I published went down drastically.

Fewer posts was the cost of staying close to the work. I chose depth over cadence during that phase.

For that period, I published less frequently, but when I did, the writing was raw, short, and close to the work.

Going forward…

I am returning to longer reflections.

At the same time, I will continue building side projects, so continue to see some differences in my blog compared to the last five years.