Pick one. Do it.
Exercises.
The talk is the throat-clearing. The exercises are where the work actually happens. Pick one. Sit with it. Save your output. Come back tomorrow.
~15 min
Both / And
Write the critique in one hand. Write the curiosity in the other. Hold both.
One next step
Decision Tree
Doomer, booster, frozen, or walking. Walk the tree. Get one action.
Ten cuts
Selector Pressure
Pick what you would ship. Then own the taste.
~5 min
Refuse to Outsource
What will you never hand to a machine? Write the list.
~10 min
Name What You See
Stop saying it feels off. Name the thing.
~25 min
Three Documents
Style. Worldview. Glossary. Write them so the machine cannot invent them.
Drag the line
80 / 20 Flip
Watch the grind shrink. Cross the middle and Luke shows up.
Rank them
Five Fears
Most people will not sequence the fears. Do it anyway.
Build a scene
Mycelium
Connect people. If it goes monocrop, it dies.
Your work
Taste Audit
Upload the work. See what the machine thinks your taste is. Correct it.
Make one
Vibe Coding
Type what you want. Get something running. Judge it like a film.
Your voice
Mirror Booth
Paste a paragraph you wrote. Watch the machine sand the specifics off.