Hello again!
Some of you know me from back in the day, when I was a physical therapist and dancer who combined my interests in a website dedicated to helping dancers avoid or manage injuries.
I enjoyed that project, connected with some amazing people, and I learned a lot — but my career pulled me elsewhere. I started a PhD, and stopped working on the site to focus on my research.
Ironically, I ended up getting distracted from my PhD (but I still finished it eventually!) when I started a medical device company… another formative experience, to say the least. I’m reducing my time there, however, and now I want to write online again.
Why?
- I miss it.
- I loved the actual work: researching and then translating the latest science in a way that is engaging and useful to others.
- I miss the sense of community that grows when you start engaging with like-minded individuals.
- I want to build something that I believe will help people (more on that below).
- I want to do it on my terms — no supervisors, no shareholders, no one to answer to, other than my subscribers.
- And to be candid, I’d appreciate another source of income. None of my projects have made me much money. That’s why you’re going to see some content behind paywalls (eventually).
So what exactly am I planning on building?
At a high level, I want to write about the science of learning skills.
And not just write articles, but develop guidelines, frameworks, and courses, and perhaps I’ll dabble in making videos, and even software.
I’m also going to take a “build in public” approach as I’d like to be guided by my audience as much as possible.
As for how exactly I plan to build this out… that’s the topic of my next post!
In the meantime, I would like to ask for suggestions! What would you like to see?
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