28 Mar 2025 2 min read

just do (meaningful) things.

"You can just do things" is having a moment:

"High agency", "10x agency", "action produces information".

Something is in the air.

Here's the basic formula:

If you want to do something, ask if it is against the law of physics. If not, then it is possible. Then ask what would you do if you wanted to make no progress. Then do the opposite.

I want to write more. I'd love to take a class or commit to posting on a social platform at a certain frequency. But if I wanted to make sure I didn't write more I would:

Not write
Have no pressure to write (reasonably) well by keeping it private

So my rule is to write every day (~300-500 words) and hit post somewhere publicly (usually this blog).

I can feel the benefit of writing just a few consistent days in. And the pull of new friends and ideas becoming more shaped.

And I'm more inspired than ever to just go. To do things. To build.

But I feel another pull from the zeitgeist. Not that you can do things. But you must.

AI is here. All the rules are changing, fast. Either you can move faster, bigger or get left behind. Some assumption about how things work from the last decade has shifted. If you can just find the new assumption, you can run ahead, or at least keep up. The ability to run at 10x means every moment of rest, is a moment falling 10x more behind.

Everything feels urgent, important, and somewhat fuzzy. And a bit exhausting.

But if everyone can do things. Then the competitive advantage is no longer doing things.

It's doing the the right things.

So, I hope to choose the meaningful things.

The things that have intrinsic value.

And do them.

And then, run like crazy :)

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