You Should Journal

Smoothies are amazing.

I don't feel like writing.

Have you ever had the experience where someone's job is a certain skill, but you always see that someone doing almost the exact opposite of that skill, and it's really an easy skill that does indeed require energy but not a whole lot of expertise? What do you do with such individuals?

Like what do you even do? I can't even.

In other news, I don't have much news. I had a lovely hiking trip, and now I'm back to drudgery. It's not really drudgery; I think it's just a rainy day. Deep down, I feel hopeful and happy. On the outside, I feel like taking a nap. I still don't feel like writing. I wonder if my students have been journaling.

You should journal. It helps in quite a lot of ways:

• Obviously, it hones your comfort with typing/writing.
• It puts you into the practice of turning your thoughts into words.
• Have you ever heard a person ramble through some confusing story until they finally came to a clear conclusion?
• That's because he or she hasn't practiced turning thoughts/feelings into words.
• It allows you to discover new words and phrases.
• Technically, they're words and phrases you know, but they'll pop into your head as you're writing, and then you'll be more comfortable using them in conversation.
• It helps you sort out your emotions.
• So often, we're all tangled up by our emotions largely because we don't get to express them.
• And then we express them poorly.
• Rather, we can write about them and think about them before blasting at innocent bystanders.

The trouble with smoothies, though, is it's hard to tell how much you're eating. Since it's liquid, you can't really tell how much it is. I can't anyway. I feel bloated now, but it's probably healthy or something.

With that being said, I'm going to write something else now.