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I’m going to say this slowly.

If you know enough about yourself… to know that you are prone to lashing out at people… If you know that you are the epitome… of an emotional rollercoaster… If you often — not once, not twice, but often — find yourself saying something… or writing something… or doing something… and then wishing you could take it back an hour later…

If you know this about yourself… it’s possible that an unfiltered… unedited… personal publishing system… with instantaneous worldwide distribution… is not for you.

And that’s OK. It’s not for everyone… or everything… That doesn’t make you any less of a person… or any less of a writer… And it doesn’t mean that you can’t express yourself… But… you should probably find another way to do it.

Some writers need editors… Some people need medication… Some webloggers simply need a different publishing tool… maybe one that works like Amazon’s 1-click shopping cart… Click publish, and it says it published… but nothing actually happens for 90 minutes… and you can undo anytime.

Figure out the solution that works for you… Because right now… this thing you’re doing here… it’s not working out.

I’m not naming names here. If you think I’m talking about you… perhaps that says more about you than it does about me.

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