It is essential to my understanding of the kind of person that I believe myself to be, that I am punctual. I also have decided that I am the kind of person who does not miss deadlines.

And so it follows, that me seeing myself as a developer and a writer is also valuable, because if I am not writing, developing and learning, then I’m not “earning” that image.

You can see why being vegan quickly becomes part of people’s identity too. If it was just about choosing not to eat any animal products, the diet would be tough to adhere to. But because it is a lifestyle and there’s an ideology attached to it, vegans are willing to push through all that. They don’t see it as a choice but as the right thing to do.

Because if you’re writing to figure out what you think, then you’re going to use what you think to guide your action and the consequence of that is going to decide how your life turns out to be.

This, in turn, allows you to be serious about what you write (or think) becaus...