Where good work comes from

I had most of today’s article written on Tuesday.

But in the evening, I started chatting with Adam Wathan. And that chat changed my plans.

It started when I said:

Is my #1 goal in life really to “build software?” To be a “bootstrapper?”

Adam replied:

Nah, it’s probably: “make awesome stuff people are happy you made, and get to do it without stressing about money.”

I like this. It’s easy to get consumed by what we’re doing and forget why we’re doing it. We lose sight of our purpose.

Most of us...