Do the weirdest thing that feels right. - by Charlie Becker
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From "what to write" to "how to live"
While agonizing over what to write last week, I tried to reverse engineer my writing wins. In the process, I discovered that the decision which separated my good writing from my bad writing expanded to my whole life, and was the dividing line between my triumphs and my regrets. “Do the weirdest thing that feels right.” I was shocked to hear myself say it. I had written 10 pages trying to crystallize my attitude toward the wandering, vulnerable, unexpected essays and stories which had resonated with people in the year since I started writing online. I closed my mouth when I saw my own…
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