I thought I had that question answered in my tag line, until today. I really thought I’ve been blogging just to not let another day go by without writing, and then I came across this:
“Everyday, give yourself a good mental shampoo.” ~ Dr. Sara Jordan
That’s the real reason. That’s what writing this blog does – gives me a good mental shampoo everyday. All the thoughts that clog my thinking get laid out here, in this blog. I can set them out, one by one, smoothing out the wrinkles, sorting them, lining them up and eventually stringing them together to form a concept.
I pondered just what would happen in my mind if I suddenly stopped blogging. I fear a huge mental traffic jam. After a solid year of blogging everyday, this blog has become a trusted friend that holds all my inner musings in an orderly manner. It’s comforting to have all my thoughts held in a place where they are all categorized by month and topic. Many times I remember writing about something and need to revisit it. This blog makes it so easy to go back in time and pull out the thought, many times complete with a photo. I cannot imagine trying to store all these thoughts from a whole year in a brain that can’t even remember what I ate for breakfast. What a relief to know I don’t have to carry around the essence of who I am in an already too busy mind.
I do love the idea of “a mental shampoo”. Thank you, Dr. Sara Jordan, whoever you are.
And so, as another day goes by, my brain is once again squeaky clean, ready for the new ideas tomorrow will bring, and…I have written.
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