# The principles underpinning my blog ### *Work with the garage door open.* Lifted this one directly from Andy Matuschak’s blog, which I came across in deciding to do a blog. It’s one I struggle with, but I know it’s a good idea. Goes with one of my favourite pieces of advice (made popular by a massive commercial company no less) — [[Just do it.|just do it]]. Or another one — [[Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough.]] ### *You teach best what you most need to learn.* This is a pretty good one from the incomparable Richard Bach. It’s true. That’s a big reason for this blog – to write a living document about life and living a good life and being kind and loving – the things I, and maybe everyone, most need to learn. I thought of this one when I wrote something about [[Fantasy as love|being aware of the mirage of fantasy as love]].