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You don't need a grand life to write. You need presence. Attention. An utter willingness to discern the details of your own life: questions you ask yourself in the quiet moments, conversations that make you ponder, complex feelings you want to untangle.

the best form of relaxation isn't consumption, it's creation.

You don’t need to labor over your posts. You don’t need to have perfect grammar or spelling. You don’t need to leave a post in draft for seven months, pouring over research. (Though you can if you want!) You don’t really need to have an idea.

since leaving social media/Big Tech, starting this blog and joining a few small-web forums, I'm noticing significant changes in my brain and my writing. And it's only been a week. I'm calmer. My attention span is better. I get genuine satisfaction from both my online and offline activities.