Thread by @rroudt

It's day 0 of @dickiebush's Ship 30 for 30.

An excellent opportunity to write my personal manifesto for why I write daily. It's always good to come up with excuses if it helps healthy habits develop.

🧵 Prefer tweets? See my essay in the thread.

Writing is thinking.

Without scribbling or typing, I have few coherent thoughts. But when I focus my mind on explaining something using text, a rich mental landscape comes to life.

I've been a writer for as long as I can remember.

When I got my first PC at age six, the first program I wanted to use was the text editor. After all, I just learned to write and had stories to tell!

My parents accused me of living in my head.

I don't blame them; I like to stare into space while a million ideas pass my consciousness.

I'm not short for words; the only problem is the speed with which I can write down my thoughts—that, and filtering out the textual diarrhea that leaves my fingers.

I have many half-assed ideas that I need to think through.

And if writing is thinking, then writing is my best bet to think good ideas forward.

Writing also helps me to learn.

Forcing myself to explain things, I soon realize I have no fucking clue what I'm talking about. That's my cue to learn.

The only way to improve my writing is to write consistently, which means every day.

Or as learning geeks like to say: by practicing deliberately.

Writing is my way to catch ideas, sharpen my thoughts, and pass on wisdom to my future self.

Until now, I took writing for granted. Not any longer; I'm writing and shipping daily.

Let's learn to write and write to learn.