My brain is a noisy place. Thoughts zoom around like kids on a sugar high, bumping into each other, making a mess, and refusing to sit still. If I don’t do something about it, I end up drowning in half-finished ideas, unresolved feelings, and to-do lists that haunt me at 3 AM.
So, I write things down. Not because I’m poetic. Not because I have profound thoughts. But because if I don’t, my mind feels like a browser with 72 tabs open—half of them frozen, the other half blaring unwanted ads.
The moment I put words on paper (or a screen), something shifts. A tangled thought starts to untangle. A vague feeling gets a name. A problem that felt like a monster shrinks down to a manageable size. I don’t even have to write well—just enough to get the mess out of my head.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
- Some thoughts only make sense when they stop running in circles. In my head, everything feels important. When I write it down, I see how much of it is just noise.
- Big problems look smaller on paper. A decision that feels impossible turns into a list of pros and cons. A bad day stops being “everything sucks” and becomes “three things annoyed me, but the rest was fine.” Writing gives things the right proportion.
- It’s harder to lie to yourself when it’s in writing. I can tell myself I’m fine all day long, but when I see, “I feel stuck and exhausted” written in my own handwriting, it’s harder to ignore.
- Ideas don’t vanish when they have a home. I’ve had brilliant ideas in the shower that disappeared by the time I grabbed a towel. But when I write them down? They stay. Some turn into action. Some just sit there, waiting for their time. Either way, they’re safe.
I used to think writing was for writers. Now I know it’s for anyone who wants a little less chaos in their head. So, I keep at it. Not because I have to, but because life feels clearer when I do.
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