I know that one of cohost's favorite/least favorite activities is talking about how bad Light Blue Social Media Website XYZ is, but this is an essay from a video essayist turned regular essayist I have been thinking about for a little bit that I wanted to share. Reading this, I wasn't really applying it to "twitter" so much as "Posting On The Internet At Large," but that's just me

I'm extremely aware that there isn't a real solution to the "internet attention economy" as I keep calling it, but writing a lot in a notebook and not posting anything in my spare time has been a pretty good start, insofar. It is supremely weird to remember How To Be Bored

I always say that i'm a better cook than a baker but that's only because I'm more comfortable cooking than I am baking. Baking is a little more intimidating because it often feels like there's a lot less room for improvisation and experimentation; I can always play around to taste when cooking like a stir fry, or marinating + seasoning a steak or something, but with baking if one thing goes wrong, sometimes that messes the whole damn thing up.

But baking can often feel a little more rewarding to me, too

That same improvisation in cooking a stir fry already reveals what the finished result is going to taste like--or at least, extremely close to it. That marinade is probably not going to be so dramatically different when put on top of this steak.

Halfway through baking this pan of cinnamon rolls, I realize I have absolutely no idea what these are going to taste like or how they are going to appear in the oven.

And...the thrill of knowing what I got right is really rewarding, after the fact! And arguably, knowing what I got wrong if I screw something up is just as valuable.
It's just something I didn't expect to like as much as I do. I hope one day i get comfortable enough with this medium to try Wild and Crazy stuff