Welcome to the Mind Fuzz newsletter, a recap of three things that are on my mind this week.
1. Power of Writing
Sometimes I don’t know my thoughts on a topic until I start writing about it.
That’s why I encourage you to write, even if it’s just in your journal.
It’s hard to give thoughts the necessary space these days, especially with all the distractions.
You probably don’t want to sit in silence with them, so try writing about them instead.
Putting those thoughts or feelings into words can give them a whole new meaning.
For better, or for worse.
And if it’s for worse, then don’t get up me for recommending it.
Nah, but seriously, give it a go.
2. Short-form Avoidance
Consuming content that isn’t short-form video is so therapeutic.
And it’s getting so much harder to do.
Partly because it’s everywhere, and partly because a part of my brain (the part that I’m at severe odds with btw) craves it.
I’ve started reading again (The Song of Achilles, very excited about this one) and it just feels so… nice.
Nice is the perfect adjective for it, actually.
It’s calming, easygoing, just a joy to consume.
Make content nice again, that’s my new motto.
I’ll have to fight the other side of my brain to actually stick it to it, but I think it’s a worthwhile endeavour.
3. Single Moments
“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now.”
Sylvia Path
Isn’t it amazing how trapped we are in the future and the past?
Not just our thinking, but our perceptions of ourselves and the world.
That you can’t change or do something new because that’s not typically something you would do.
That old self which, if you let it, could be lost to time as the moments tick over, one by one.
But instead, we seem to cling onto that old, comfortable self.
Like dragging along a bag full of crap into each moment that we just can’t seem to let go of.
The world has changed so much between the time you opened this email and the time you read this sentence.
Imagine how much it could change in a week, or a year.
Let it.
