[apunic]

> life’s too short to wear hot pants.

Yes and now get back into your comfort zone.

Sorry, to be harsh but I just couldn't figure out why you left whom--YC, your startup, your cofounders? And what's all about this Moleskine? Happy about any clue or tl;dr

[grey-area]

It's easy to be snarky, and this story was a little solipsistic and naive, but I think the notebook represents creativity and personal freedom to explore ideas for the author, that's why it is the star. YC felt like it was closing down options, and restricting his ability to think and act independently (hence the lack of ideas in the notebook), leaving was liberating (hence the new notebook, representing a new world of possibility). As a literary device it's not bad, even if you don't agree with the premise or his conclusions.

That's what I got from it anyway.

[rmrfrmrf]

I found the metaphor to be contrived and pretentious. We all understand the symbolism of a blank sheet of paper -- there's no need to elaborate for an entire paragraph about it.

[johnjlocke]

Perhaps this article was brilliant content marketing for Moleskine notebooks. That seemed to be the hero of the article, not the author.

[scrrr]

Yep. Perhaps I should write a long article about my 1 dollar notebook I bought at a subway station. And the 1 dollar pen. It came without a plastic wrapping and serves me well!

People are brandwashed.

[oalders]

It certainly wasn't brilliant content marketing for hot pants.