My Writing Manifesto
And some ideas on what to write
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing.
I heard a few podcasts recently, where people talked about how they started.
So I thought I’d try to commit to publishing some amount of writing each week. I’ll post this on a Friday, and commit to posting for every remaining Friday this year. Ooof. Its scary to write that.
Here are some topics I’ve been wanting to write about -
How much I enjoy reading paul graham’s essays.
Fictionalized stories about my dogs early years ( he was in the army )
About some books I’ve loved
Non Violent Communication
7 Habits
Impro
How to Win Friends
On how I’ve organized my library
On activities I’ve particularly enjoyed doing
Pottery
Karaoke
Swimming
Improv
Art / Paintings
Writing
Board games
Sailing
Skiing
On cared for spaces
How much I love Austin Kleon’s work
How much I love Osho. This is a tough one. I don’t often even talk about spiritual stuff.
On the dangers of moving abroad when you’re young, without adult supervision
On various interesting parts of my own life, that might some day make up an autobiography 😬
Discovering yoga
Moving to the ashram
Going to Law School
Moving to Canada ( in 2009, and in 2015 )
On becoming an outdoor education guide
Going to high school :)
On injuring my knee, and on getting better
On my family
My grandparents
(for later, and probably for myself) -
On all the girls I’ve ever loved
On the many jobs I’ve had
Teacher / Admin @HomeSchool
Film Festival Organizer @Dharamshala Film Festival
Financial Analyst @Accenture
Outdoor Adventure Guide on Vancouver Island
Farm Hand on Vancouver Island
Baker @ a bagel shop in Vancouver
Unemployed writer
Accountant @some random tech company
Data Scientist / Software Engineer at a Sex Toy Company
Software Engineer and Product Manger @nanopay
On all the startups I’ve worked on / for
WordsOnPaper
EasyReviews
Nokaroshi
Hobnob
Kitabnama
Lots of articles about product and startups -
Startups have 2 jobs - make, and sell
On User Story Maps
On Jobs to be Done
On design thinking
How to use NVC in user interviews
How design thinking can be applied to anything
To talks
To books
To meetings / pitches
On Product Books I’ve read and liked
On the different kind of non fiction books
Tree, Leaf, and Narrative
On biographies I’ve seen / read, that I’ve enjoyed
Churchill
Caesar
Leonardo and maybe just everything by Walter Isaacson
On work, and building your own systems
The shpiel of building systems
On structuring meetings
On investing v/s expense in money, and time
There are also some books I wanted to write -
1) On Product Principles
2) A Career Building Handbook
That’s all.
Hoping this helps as I try to keep writing.
If there’s anything you’d like to read about in particular, let me know and maybe I can start there?
<3
Devansh.
This is an awesome project and commitment. I am eagerly looking forward to reading your subsequent articles
Astonishingly diverse experiences you have there in your still young life. lmpressive. Looking forward to reading more about all different things you have done and what you chose to do differently.