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Jordan Blackwell's avatar

Love this Alex and happy to see you back!

This part in particular stuck with me: "writing is meant to process living. We write to understand ourselves; if we fail to live in the first place, there’s nothing to understand. It’s like running the washing machine without any clothes....But if I subtract the life part, the whole thing breaks down."

I've been sitting in as of late is what brings me energy now? By default, that's normally writing, but it's not always writing. To have a blast in other ways and then process that life in a way that gives me more life (and oscillating between those two) might be the best way for me to enjoy each day. Creative energy moves around and is dynamic. Sometimes, that energy can move to something else for awhile, and I can always follow it. It always comes back, and we can come back to it.

Strongly relate with this one too: "I find myself both ecstatic and pissed off. Ecstatic because I have the privilege of knowing precisely what lights me up; pissed off because I sat on this knowledge for so long." I've chosen to see that sitting on it for too long was in a way just charging me up to become who I am now. If I failed to act it would be a tragedy, but I haven't failed to act - I've just moved slower than I thought. And that's ok. I'm not very fast, that's all.

I've been on a bit of a hiatus myself of late (both here and on X (still (maybe always?) weird to say 'X' lol)), this is a great reminder to welcome myself back

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Bryce Seto's avatar

I really like this piece and it hit me in the side of the head like a ton of bricks. This is coming from a closeted writer who has used my newsletter to become a writer writer, and the quote about “writer by heart” is exactly how I feel.

Love this shit keep doing it, I’m a lil newsletter subscriber guy sitting here getting inspired by your words

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