When I need to figure out what thoughts are ruminating in my mind, I find it helpful to fish them out through writing.

Writing is typically treated as a production art.

You write to show something:
Write a reflection piece…
Write an essay to argue…
Write a Facebook post to inform…

A major contributor of this treatment is our education system, of which I am a part and doing my best to unravel some of its more damaging practices.

However, divorcing writing from the production piece frees the mind to uncover the depths of your own thinking.

Julia Cameron recognized this through her practice of morning pages.

People who journal recognize this as well.

Sometimes I write my thoughts out completely and pull out a nugget for my posts here. Other times, the entry is too personal and I simply don’t post that day.

In a time where all of us are filled with emotions, fishing through writing may be a helpful way to cope.