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"Not to mention, when I hit publish, I make room for new thoughts." 100% Rik. There is no better feeling than right after I hit send on an essay. I also write to leave little artifacts of my thoughts in the world, because like you say, thinking and talking don't produce any tangible outputs.

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Yes, I also do love the archive that is building up. Even to refer to it myself. And publishing something (when you're really engaged with it) always makes me feel lighter than before.

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So true on not being able to sell thoughts, but we can definitely share ideas through writing. The release of publishing something feels very cathartic for me too.

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It's one of the thing that helps to keep going with the writing. 'Selling' or making some sort of a living from it would be a bonus of course ;)

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I also have that unburdening experience of getting ideas out of my head, committing them to a surface, and especially one where someone can potentially make use of the ideas. But at the same moment that, like you, room is made for more thoughts, it's having just pruned a fast-growing trees, because harvesting that idea has now given rise to 10 new branches of idea growth. Not complaining, it's a better problem to have than the blank page, but wondering if you experience the same thing, and how you work with it. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by it.

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For me the unburdening happens mostly with 'thoughts' that I have been walking around with for a long time. It's almost as if thoughts gain weight the longer they swivel around in there. So even though the void might be filled quickly by new ideas, they don't feel as heavy because they're 'fresh' if that makes any sense.

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That does make sense! I've never looked at it that way, but I resonate with that experience. Thanks for sharing that Rik.

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Loved this one. It resonates a lot with me and why I write as well. Great job!

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Thanks Brian! Great to hear this resonates with your experience.

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