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# Doing something
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/doing-something/
- Published: 2007-01-20T17:39:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:42:23.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: doing stuff, gsd

I wonder how much of accomplishment should be determined by intention and self-compulsion rather than just "doing things". I feel like we're part of a trend towards living differently, more openly, but more sporadically. We are noticeably distracted by distractions, self-made and otherwise, yet our capacity to create and connect, and connect while doing seems amplified. So I don't know what it's all about or if it's better, nor if my accomplishments are intentional, accidental or byproducts of just doing stuff