Elizabeth Tai

Category: Essays

  • You don’t have a moral obligation to leave Twitter

    You don’t have a moral obligation to leave Twitter

    Believe it or not, many parts of the world do not think of Twitter the same way Americans do. Some are still happily on Twitter enjoying themselves. A semi-rant about being a non-American in the heavily North American Mastodon. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Creatives, you need to figure out your 3 core routines

    We are far too eager to sacrifice our well-being for the sake of our creative projects. To prevent that, we need to nail down the routines that takes care of us first. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Mastodon, trolls and filters

    Despite our idealism about social media, it is not a town square but a forum. Usually, a badly moderated one.

  • Let’s have a depth year

    In 2023, I’m going deep. To be more specific, I’m going to have a “depth year”. Raptitude blogger David Cain originally coined this term in his post, Go Deeper, Not Wider. It unexpectedly sparked a “world-wide movement”. The mechanics or rules of the Depth Year is simple. For one year, don’t acquire new hobbies, skills, books,…