Hi Adam! Thanks for sharing this. Your idea of creating a pre-first impression really resonates with me. It's hard for me to get specific about why it is I write, but I think that has a bit to do with it -- I feel like I can represent myself best/clearest with my writing, and I really appreciate the one-sidedness of the communication. NOT that it stays one-sided, not at all, just that there's time and space to present thoughts in thoughtful, meaningful ways.
I find that that often in conversations we're interrupted, or talked over, or that important thoughts and insights just kind of float away while we listen and maybe wait for a lull in the conversation to revisit something we really want to say.
I also think that, like you, I write as a form of expression that my brain and body need for calm and comfort. Fears and anxieties are typically the fuel sources to me sitting down to write in the first place -- I have something I need to confront -- and if I give myself the time and space to wrestle with them, on the other side is that calm.
Hi Adam! Thanks for sharing this. Your idea of creating a pre-first impression really resonates with me. It's hard for me to get specific about why it is I write, but I think that has a bit to do with it -- I feel like I can represent myself best/clearest with my writing, and I really appreciate the one-sidedness of the communication. NOT that it stays one-sided, not at all, just that there's time and space to present thoughts in thoughtful, meaningful ways.
I find that that often in conversations we're interrupted, or talked over, or that important thoughts and insights just kind of float away while we listen and maybe wait for a lull in the conversation to revisit something we really want to say.
I also think that, like you, I write as a form of expression that my brain and body need for calm and comfort. Fears and anxieties are typically the fuel sources to me sitting down to write in the first place -- I have something I need to confront -- and if I give myself the time and space to wrestle with them, on the other side is that calm.