I Got 99 Problems and Blogging is One

One the one hand, I admire the author's relentless tendency to view everything as a defineable problem to be solved. On the other hand, the consequences of this viewpoint on most of the points mentioned wind up being absurd.

Taking it one point at a time.

Writing is hard. Twitter is the best workaround - you can't write very much, so writing is suddenly easy for everyone there. Outside of twitter, long form writing is very easy for some people because of a combination of practice and talent. Aside from cultivating that in what will necessarily be a small segment of the population, there's nothing to be done , at least on the order of the authors want of a 10x improvement. Meanwhile, Football has a huge problem that I am both no good at playing it and can't be bothered to practice it.

Insights are unexpected...99% of the time, I’m in no position to synthesize my thoughts into a post... Your own time management is a tangential problem. This statement applies to any time-consuming task which you've deprioritized. Prioritize blogging and this "problem" disappears.

It’s easy to start but difficult to finish... It’s embarassing... It's not embarassing. There are only so many things you can do in a day. Other things were more important. Don't be so hard on yourself.

Although I primarily write for myself, it’s discouraging to find few people read, let alone share a post I’ve spent hours writing... Doesn't sound like you're writing for yourself at all here. I'll be content if only one person reads this little response of mine.

Creating or finding visuals is time-consuming. Very true. A skill and talent in and of itself. If you're willing to just traffic in ideas, and care less about engaging and attracting large audiences, you can just skip the visuals.

Writers lack feedback. Here you go, you're welcome. ;) And by the way, I'm posting the response here because I don't like using Facebook to comment. If you had a normal commenting system, I would have used it.

Writers lack a personal connection with readers. Again, give up on large audiences and this is more than just possible. Personal connections and popular media are mutually exclusive.

Distribution and discovery sucks. Yup. Although both Twitter and Facebook work as a decent enough channel, I find.

The best insights are unsharable. The most valuable information is often proprietary and cannot be publicly shared. Now this is a little crazy. If you decide to make your best insights proprietary, that's entirely your choice and a problem of your own making. I find that most people pay for convenience, not wisdom, so keeping secret insights is less enriching than you'd expect.