Still reading Learn Better in hopes of being able to do so. There are some interesting bits of information scattered around the book but its not helping me have any epiphany so far. On writing, the author says:
The act of writing is a good example of metacognition because when we think about composing sentences and paragraphs, we’re often asking ourselves crucial metacognitive questions: Who will be reading this? Will they understand me? What things do I need to explain? This is why writing is often such an effective way to organize one’s thoughts. It forces us to evaluate our arguments and think about our ideas.
I have been making myself write on this blog for fifteen years now. For most of those years, I was able to write something every day. The fact is I rarely put thought into any of the questions the author posits. Writing was therapy at first so it had no specific purpose. It morphed over time to be different things based on what void was aching most and needed to be filled. For the last couple of years, there is no driving force, a compelling reason anymore. I write as it these were notes to myself to help me recall the days because the chaos can get overwhelming.
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