Back to basics

There is no such thing as “back to basics.”

There is only basic.

Stay there. Stay at basic.

Quoting a quote:

A lot of things are evolutionary, and it is easy to get caught up in what the geek subculture thinks. There’s lots of valuable businesses that can be built there, but I think that is where a lot of people tend to spend their wheels, and I’ve been caught up there before. When I’ve had more successful things, I’ve thought, “Back to basics. What do I want? What do I want to see in the world?” And create that.

Seth Godin, quoting Ev Williams, in Linchpin, p. 95.

So.

Don’t say “back to basics” unless you say “it’s all basics.” Why waste your time with the fluffy stuff on top of the basics?

Chop wood, carry water.

I am living in basics now and it feels good. I am the foundry, the steel, and the worker, together forging and being forged.