“Writing clearly is thinking clearly.”
How is it that I’m inspired more by 5-letter quotes than the words coming from my own mother? (I love you mom)
For someone with thoughts running on a 24/7 cycle, this really resonated with me. It’s been a lifelong affinity war in my head—bullets of anxiety whizzing by, a shower of “What if this doesn’t work out?!” raining down, enemy soldiers from Chores I Have to Do Like Taxes creeping on the embankment, and a wary army fatigued from fighting an imaginary army of thoughts. Welcome to my mind.
I’m a natural-born thinker with a penchant to overthink, and releasing these thoughts onto paper, words, or with the outward release of a long breath has been a lifesaver. Seth Godin has been writing a post every day for the longest time—a feat I quite admire—and I yearn to get to his level of consistency. Because with every new thought released onto paper, it wipes the slate clean. I can think clearly again. The enemies have retreated—they will be back—and the battle begins anew tonight, but I know what I can do to win the war. Writing them all way—day by day.