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Writing, and why I kept myself from it

Claude Monet, Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny, 1885 Dear reader, Over the last few months, I have collected several journal entries pondering why I fear writing. This is my attempt at piecing them together: I see writing as an extension of thinking– to me, they’re almost interchangeable. Throughout my engineering education, I have used writing for exactly that purpose– a space to hold and process thoughts before I share them. Whether in my notes app, a Google doc, or a physical journal, I was always jotting things down. Some days I would write out lists of questions or expand on…

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