故事的起因是这样的:Urban和Finn是从幼儿园开始就互相认识的挚友,两人分别从哈佛和密歇根大学毕业后,共同创立了一家教育培训公司ArborBridge,之后的六年,Tim一边运营公司,一边会随手在自己的博客上上写一点东西,但基本没什么读者,直到2013年,在写了近 300 篇博文之后,他开始尝试在里面加入一些火柴人插画,然后意外发现自己似乎找到了对的感觉,他在里有谈到当时决定全职写作的心路历程:“I spent the years from ages 22 to 31 hating myself a little bit because I was burning to do something creative. Whereas I always was doing them on the side. That leap of faith in my own ability to do something creative full time took me nine years. Nine years that I wasn’t very happy...And so, I start to think what if I took instead of five hours a week to write a blog, sixty hours a week to write a blog? What would happen?” 刚好这时公司的运营日益平稳,所以他和Finn商量一起开启了这个新的博客Wait But Why开始全职写作。第一篇文章就取得了非常好的反响,最后的成功基本是顺水推舟。