Do you care about your craft?

  • I've found that genuinely caring about one's craft—beyond a baseline observance of best practices—requires, for lack of a better word, psychological space. Constant deadlines and distractions, workplace toxicity, and a pervasive focus on just getting stuff done on time are all environmental factors that make it difficult for me to genuinely think in terms of crafting rather than cramming. It's not that I'm indifferent or resentful, I'm just not being provided the space to really focus on what I do beyond doing it as fast as possible.

    To answer your question: I don't have the wherewithal to care at the moment, but I wish I did.