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     - [[agora 2022]]
     - [[towards a knowledge commons]]
 - I liked [[the architecture of computer programming]].
+- [[start writing]]
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+# starting writing
+
+Where do I start writing? As I write in the Agora I feel like I might be finding it harder and harder to know where to start individual pieces, and where to end them; it might have to do with the fact that I've spent the last two years focused on cross-linking (building relationships) more than in longer form writing. Perhaps this focused has reshaped my brain somewhat; or perhaps writing has always been hard, and this is just a [[narrative]].
+
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 - an [[essay]].
   - [[pull]] [[commons]] [[knowledge commons]]
 
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