When I Want to Get It, I Write
I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED in the therapeutic value of writing. At a very early age, I realized that I think better with a pen in my hand. I’m not a journal keeper, but for most of my life I’ve been a champion notetaker, documenting everything from seventh-grade English to this morning’s editorial meeting. Whenever I need to make a speech or do a TV segment, I solidify my thoughts by writing what I plan to say, over and over. The scratch of a Pilot Precise V5 rollerball pen feels pleasingly analog in a relentlessly digital world, as if I were knitting something—and in a way, I am. The physical act knits concepts together in my memory and makes them part of a whole. The cool thing is, research backs this up: Studies…
