If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.
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Sounds good to me. I've wanted to write a "what EA/LW has done for me" post for awhile and may still do so.
Gunnar got enough upvotes for merely suggesting that I post this in Discussion that it shows a lot of promise. I didn't anticipate this, and know I'm feeling ambitious. More than just generating a single thread of positive Less Wrong responses, I'd prefer to a call for any members of the site with a deep, broad enough experience of getting great advice from Less Wrong to make a post of their own as I will. So, yes, make your own.
However, if we can get others to come out of the woodwork to write reports, inspire more users to ask personal questions of Less ... (read more)