Clarity! Actually, it’s any writing that helps.
Stacks of journals…solid evidence that I used to write. A LOT. And then I drifted away.
I’ve found in the past couple of days that this mulling, on the page or screen, helps a good bit with clarity. I was getting ready to have a difficult conversation and was feeling muddled. So I started listing out all the points I needed to make. When I started my list the points felt disconnected, random.
But a picture emerged as I wrote. Much like the really complicated dot-to-dots that you might have done in the fourth grade, not the easy-peasy kindergarten ones.
I went into that conversation confident and, even better, clear. Clear where we needed to go, clear on what the situation truly was.
Here’s to more writing, and more clarity! Have you noticed anything like this in your writing life? And what should I do with all those notebooks?!