I realized today that there are tons of things just sort of… Swirling around in my mind at any given time, and it feels a bit like I’m putting in a monumental effort to simply keep them in a sort of queue.
I think there is a cost associated with any effort of that nature, and over time, it really starts to bog down my brain.
I’m sure I’ve read about the legitimacy of such a thought and, from what I understand, it is actually valid.
The solution?
For anything that has popped up in my head or that I feel like I’m trying to hold on to: write about it! Here.
I’ll come back to it.
The moment I write about it, a bit of a weight is lifted. I no longer need to remember it. Obviously, for some things, they need to “cook” for a bit and those are going to stay in my head for a while.
But for other things, I just need to dedicate some actual time to sit and write about it, to put in the thought required to resolve it, and then either act on it if applicable or forget about it.
And that’s it.
It makes no sense to be dragging all sorts of mental baggage around with me all the time, scattering my attention, focus, and brainpower.
I think it’s important to come to this blog almost every day and write about, really, whatever is on my mind.
Things that are seeking some kind of resolution will get there faster, things that require action will come to the surface and become actionable, and things that I’m ruminating on will be given enough thought to resolve and then forget.
Like in many areas of my life, I think my threshold for quality is too high. I have this idea that I shouldn’t do something at all unless it’s great.
But this blog is almost entirely for me. I don’t need every post to be incredible. Sometimes it’s just about writing it.
And I’m arguing now that, for many things, the main value is in writing it and getting it out of my head.
So going forward, I want to be way more open to just word vomit and spilling out my brain into blog posts with no specific purpose.
The quality might go down but the clarity of my thinking is likely to improve. And that’s the important thing.