You(I) lurk for years.
You(I) read and read and read.
You(I) put the theories in to action, with varying levels of success.
You(I) regurgitate TRP principle, or try to, and then fumble at the first challenge to these ideas.

This is my experience. I was listening to Peterson's Message to Millennials and he says "you don't exist until you have your own words". This rings true with me. If you are just repeating someone else’s idea, then it is hollow, not backed up, weak and will be
broken apart by the first challenge. To truly understand a concept(argument) you need to:
A – Have a firm definition of the concept(theory, argument,
thesis), including clear definitions for the language used. (i.e when yoga people, and bosu ball people, and crossfit people all say “functional” they’re all using the same word but saying different things.)
B – Have examples of evidence(premises) to back up the concept. Studies or personal examples(anecdotal. Insert FR here).
C – Embody it. Put it in to action, street test it. Challenge it by putting it out there in a post on TRP or by applying in comments to other peoples posts.
D- Challenge others ideas in the comment section. If you see something you disagree with, call them out. Either you will learn them something or they’ll learn you.

You have access to a community of people here who will challenge and correct your ideas. Harden you beliefs(and spine) in the forum that is TRP.

“Un-original content.” -One of the things that has been stopping me posting is that I don’t want to be shot down for just re-hashing the fundamental principles. But doing exactly that would be very beneficial for a lurker like myself. So I my idea is to post about fundamental principles, but in the context of field reports.As long as the context is fresh, I doubt it will be seen as un-original.

I journal everyday, and as part of this I do a few small tasks. I check my to-do list, I read a page of The Daily Stoic, I update my habit tracker and I write in my work journal. I’ll be adding to this list with “comment on TRP.” One comment a day at the least. Try to make it a comment that challenges yourself or someone else, but if not just put SOMETHING.

Last piece of advice(mainly to myself): If its shit, post it anyway. I have written a bunch of posts and never clicked “post” because I knew it was shit, had holes in it, because I was scared of being criticized. Something shit is better than nothing. The upvote/downvote system will take care of it for you, if its shit, no one will see it.