How I Reduce My Intellectual Baggage

One thing I love about writing everyday, even when I lose a bit of sleep:

I reduce my intellectual baggage.

I notice when I don’t write, I build up ideas in my head. Ideas I feel that are brilliant, my own shiny little diamond in the rough. I want to just hold onto it just for me.

I start to hoard them because they’re so shiny and valuable.

When I encounter a situation where the conversation relates to one of my diamonds, I blurt out that diamond on the other person(s) in a continuous stream of consciousness.

What usually happens next is awkward silence.

I made everyone listening feel inferior with my diamond.

Problem is, I just love that diamond for so long, I polished it until the diamond is perfect! That’s why I shared so much of it so quickly! It’s not me, the problem is everyone else!

By writing consistently, I notice these stream of consciousness sessions don’t happen in conversation - because they happen on here. I’ve written them out and the idea is out of my head.

When I encounter the topic with an actual person - I can observe myself share my thoughts on the topic AND the other people listening. This is important because I can judge how much to share based on listener’s response.

I find the conversations are way better - there’s a flow to them. I contribute, the listener responds, I build on those thoughts, repeat.

Conversations are a lot of fun.

Another great thing about having less on my mind - not all of my diamonds are really diamonds. They just might be a cubic zirconia and I can’t tell until I get it out.

Since I write on here, I do record all of my ideas, even the cubic zirconia ones and they are always there. I don’t have to hoard them in my head.

Conclusion

Writing everyday keeps my mind clear so I can have deeper interactions with others. When a topic I wrote about comes up in conversation, I have the capability to share just enough with the listener so the conversation improves.

Before, I would just dumping every single thought I had on the topic the first encounter I had and well, alienate everyone in the conversation.

I am freer now because ideas are here and my head is open to receiving ideas from others.