Knowhere is back!
Three years ago, I decided to write.
It was smack in the middle of COVID - a time when the newness of adulthood, the difficulty of solo living, and the chaos of a global pandemic left me overwhelmed and isolated.
Solitary living, especially when also devoid of virtual communities, is a surefire way to lose your mind - we are a tribal species after all.
So, I decided to build a virtual community for myself - a space to engage with people who cared deeply to consider the world and their place in it.
Knowhere was birthed from a desire to communicate my journey through life, as I walked it, as colorfully as I narrate it in my head; with an emphasis on the lessons and frameworks I’d learnt along the way.
There was an edition of Knowhere published each week for a year (which itself was quite the lesson in the pursuit of creativity & discipline).
After 52 editions I paused my writing to pivot my focus toward both my career and my in-person communities. My career had been demanding far more of my attention; and the then post-lockdown world was slowly opening back up, providing an opportunity to build physical networks of friends and communal connections.
I never intended on taking a two-year hiatus, but I am glad that I prioritized what I did during that time.
In 2024 I intend to return to my content creating roots. I don’t know exactly how that will play out, but I already forecast that the nature of this newsletter will morph quite considerably from what it had been in 2021.
For starters, I intend on saturating my website with the kind of content that I used to publish here - turning that into a sort of arena for blog-esque writing; and using this platform more as a digest engine - offering subscribers a curated list of useful content from across the board - Farnam Street style.
As the Ennea 7 that I am, I have a nutsy amount of ideas to reignite my content-creation journey, but I don’t have a clear picture of what that’s going to look like yet.
In the meanwhile, let me drop some of Knowhere’s most popular pieces from 2021.
Navigating life’s early paradigm shifts - the transition into university, moving out of home and imposter syndrome at your first job.
Your life, existentially - Happiness, the shocking revelation that you have to figure out what you want, and what music festivals have in common with monasteries.
Productivity tips - Time management, some more time management, and having too much to do (guess this is also time management in some meta way).
All 52 editions can be found in the Substack Archive.
Thanks for reading & a very happy 2024!
Delano