Thread by @rjnestor

Read @beauhaan’s thread. It’s why I love him.

There’s an “artist” side to me (read, perhaps, “crazy”) that is all the more COMPELLED when @Conaw shares his insecurities about building @RoamResearch. I appreciate authenticity.

But shouldn’t “business R.J.” hedge his bets?

https://twitter.com/beauhaan/status/1481747690585313282

After all, unlike Beau, I *AM* selling something. Several things.

Wouldn’t I be wise to spend more time learning other Tools for Thought? Spreading the “productivity workflows WANT to live in Tools for Thought” gospel?

https://twitter.com/beauhaan/status/1481747718368342018

Let’s be clear: I probably will expand my business into other Tools for Thought sometime down the road.

Why haven’t I already?

(1) I don’t make courses about things I’m not 100% confident in, and I have to “live with” a process for a while before I teach it.

and…

(2) @RoamResearch is my home, where I create things. I haven’t had TIME to “live with” any other Tools for Thought.

Roam has taken me—already a creative person by nature—and given me superpowers.

I don’t take that lightly.

Roam helps me work, think, write, explore, coach, introspect. It helps me learn, teach, build, change, grow, discover.

If you’ve felt that too, in YOUR life, in YOUR work, you know what I mean.

I came across @RoamResearch in March 2020, right as we went into pandemic lockdown.

I’m writing this in January 2022, as my family has Covid—we made it 22 months! (We’re all mild, at least so far—this thread isn’t a Covid fever dream)

Despite all the time spent indoors these 22 months, I feel more liberated than I did before.

Roam is no cult—my thoughts are not trapped, they’re free!

We live in a world that praises bravado above vulnerability.

That’s wrong.

Do I know what @RoamResearch will explore next? I don’t. But I also don’t think that @Conaw’s vulnerability is weakness, or @beauhaan’s passion is misplaced.

I use Roam because it makes my life better.