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fake your experience

In You don't actually need to be good at anything to blog, Kami writes:

You don't actually need to be good at anything to write something compelling, as long as you write it earnestly. About something you actually did/experienced or you feel strongly about.

What if we flipped that proposition on its head? Write about things you haven't yet done, experienced, nor had a strong conviction about. Read it over, reflect on it, then think about whether someone out there would actually try to read that if presented with it. I would be surprised if your answer is no. Could what you have written be things you could do that you have thus far missed out on?

I'd like to think such an inversion parallels Tyler Cowen's travel tips as quoted in Daniel's Go Towards the Boring?:

Finally, I have a radical travel suggestion. Perhaps it is not for families or for the frail, but seasoned travelers should consider it. Imagine you have been to many places, and you are wondering where to go next. Select a country (putting aside danger) where you are quite sure you do not want to go, simply because it does not interest you much. Go there.

The point is that your instincts can be quite wrong about places you have not seen. What’s more, if you go with low expectations, there is a high likelihood you will be pleasantly surprised. Under my proposed method, you will not be disappointed.

Try faking your experience: explore what's unknown, underestimated, and even what appears uninteresting. What lies beyond your bubble may be the key to your momentum and survival. If not, even mistakes and negative deviations can impart valuable lessons to carry forward.

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