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href="https://austinkleon.com/show-your-work/">Show Your Work</a> by <a href="undefined">Austin Kleon</a>. How do you become clear when you write? What the hell are you talking about? I thought <a href="undefined">Austin Kleon</a> sucks. I thought he wanted to make money and came up with this propaganda in the book Show Your Work so he can make himself famous.Little did I know that this guy is a genius. How stupid was I?<h2 id="2034">One day at work</h2><figure id="95d4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*hUn9TFQfAvQPgSdYmAyjTg.jpeg"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>I am an engineer. One day at work I was trying to explain the concept of a simulation that I was developing to one of my colleague who is from a designer. I took my time to clear my thoughts and tried to explain him what it is. After spending about 45 minutes, he is still not convinced. So I gave up.At the end of the day, I had to explain the same thing to another colleague but you know now that some people still work from home in Singapore. Not sure if it is the case for other countries.So I was trying to explain about the simulation and this time I had to write an e-mail as I did not have enough time for a zoom call. While I was drafting the e-mail, I articulated my thoughts carefully and I felt that I, myself, wasn’t clear when I was explaining to my colleague earlier.When I sent this e-mail and put my other colleague in cc, he replied me, “ That’s the explanation I was looking for. Thank you so much.”<h2 id="aa59">Aims the bulls eye<

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/h2><figure id="49d8"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*93j4mPbp4ywF9TQInMiz_g.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@little_klein?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Vitolda Klein</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com/s/photos/bulls-eye?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure>Imagine you are an archer. You are trying to aim the bulls eye of course. But then it is raining and there is heavy wind too. How do you feel?That’s how you feel when your thoughts are not clear. You see the bulls eye but you can’t quite figure out how to get there. Writing stops the rain and wind. It lets you get rid of all the distractions. Doesn’t make sense right?In that case, you need to write. Let’s say an emotion is haunting you and you are not quite sure what it is. Write about it. As and when you start articulating it, you will be sure what exactly is the problem that is bothering you. And that’s how you reach the bulls eye.And that’s how you reached the end of a boring text. Stop reading now and start writing. Tell me how you became clear with your thoughts. Tell me how it made your life better. Tell me all about writing. You are wonderful and so is writing. Cheers to your beautiful fingers.Membership deals can be found <a href="https://medium.com/@mystmon/membership">here</a>. My deals are so good that you exactly pay the same as what others do. So why don’t you give it a chance?</article></body>

What Writing is All About

Clear your thoughts by writing them…

I’ve probably stressed my fingers good enough to share my love on Medium. If I write more, Medium shall ban me out of excess love. I hope there is nothing like that.

And now to the topic.

I thought writing will make me successful.

I thought writing will make me a famous person.

I thought writing will make me a person with profound character.

You know what, It did nothing of all three. But I still love writing. Do you know why?

Writing makes me clear about what I want to say

This comes from the author of the book called Show Your Work by Austin Kleon. How do you become clear when you write? What the hell are you talking about? I thought Austin Kleon sucks. I thought he wanted to make money and came up with this propaganda in the book Show Your Work so he can make himself famous.

Little did I know that this guy is a genius. How stupid was I?

One day at work

I am an engineer. One day at work I was trying to explain the concept of a simulation that I was developing to one of my colleague who is from a designer. I took my time to clear my thoughts and tried to explain him what it is. After spending about 45 minutes, he is still not convinced. So I gave up.

At the end of the day, I had to explain the same thing to another colleague but you know now that some people still work from home in Singapore. Not sure if it is the case for other countries.

So I was trying to explain about the simulation and this time I had to write an e-mail as I did not have enough time for a zoom call. While I was drafting the e-mail, I articulated my thoughts carefully and I felt that I, myself, wasn’t clear when I was explaining to my colleague earlier.

When I sent this e-mail and put my other colleague in cc, he replied me, “ That’s the explanation I was looking for. Thank you so much.”

Aims the bulls eye

Imagine you are an archer. You are trying to aim the bulls eye of course. But then it is raining and there is heavy wind too. How do you feel?

That’s how you feel when your thoughts are not clear. You see the bulls eye but you can’t quite figure out how to get there. Writing stops the rain and wind. It lets you get rid of all the distractions. Doesn’t make sense right?

In that case, you need to write. Let’s say an emotion is haunting you and you are not quite sure what it is. Write about it. As and when you start articulating it, you will be sure what exactly is the problem that is bothering you. And that’s how you reach the bulls eye.

And that’s how you reached the end of a boring text. Stop reading now and start writing. Tell me how you became clear with your thoughts. Tell me how it made your life better. Tell me all about writing. You are wonderful and so is writing. Cheers to your beautiful fingers.

Membership deals can be found here. My deals are so good that you exactly pay the same as what others do. So why don’t you give it a chance?