The joy of doing things badly

Why imperfection is a superpower.

18 Feb 2026

If you can get past the fact that this post is written by someone who calls himself Dr. Happy, there’s actually some solid insight here—especially if you’ve been sitting on the sidelines wanting to start a newsletter but can’t quite get yourself to do it because your internal editor won’t let you begin … unless it’s good.

(Which, of course, it probably won’t be. At first.)

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