blogvember 5: sometimes the stupid thing works best, but that doesn’t mean you should do the stupid thing

2025-11-05

this post is part of a series: blogvember 2025.

1. the memories that grip me and pin me down
2. when the melody is meant for me, i’m going to find it
3. eco-confessionalism
4. attention!
5. sometimes the stupid thing works best, but that doesn’t mean you should do the stupid thing

ps: i updated my website’s rss feed to support markdown summaries, which NetNewsWire can ingest and render directly. how fun!

i think the title is pretty straightforward this time. often i think we as humans get too far ahead of ourselves: we try to overcomplicate things so much that we often overlook the stupid things.¹

today i sat in the park, and it was nice. it’s good to play hooky from work for a little bit.