One of the core tenets in my life involves the belief that one can continuously improve, adapt and excel. The concept of brain “plasticity” along with the belief that evolution is based not upon intellect or strength, but adaptability, provides motivation to keep moving forward.
One of the ways to achieve this is through writing.
I find writing invaluable because the very process of doing so provides me with the means to focus my energies in areas I feel are important. I have found the absence of this channel stalls this thought process and I’m left with feelings of reduced intellectual and creative “progress.” In basic terms, I’m “spinning.”
Furthermore, the very process of documenting ideas embeds them into my memory. Not surprisingly, this becomes self-fulfilling; random thoughts serve as a foundation for ideas and concepts that embody increasing complexity and structure. It’s these very concepts that open up doors in entirely new areas of development.
While this isn’t too terribly surprising to me, what is surprising is just how challenging it is to start writing again.