Not metaphorically.1
Writing is just a socially acceptable form of screaming into a well and waiting to hear if the echo sounds like you.2
Memory is not a recording device, it’s a reconstruction engine.3
If my memories are edited, and my memories are my identity, then who am I?4
Imaginary things can help us understand reality.5
The map ain’t the territory, but we’re good at pretending it is.6
Fiction accelerates reality.7
Half-ass it.8
Everyone starts at zero in every new skill.9
Be there for other people.10
But also: be there for the moment.11
Worry is a waste of energy.12
There is something quietly liberating about opening a plain text file and writing.13
The imaginary things we build become the real things we inhabit.14
What moves you doesn’t matter so long as it moves you to appreciate this miracle of existence.15
The best notebook is the one you have.16
Rereading is not a waste of time.17
You will wake up.18
You will open this blog.19
You will disagree.20