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The Thing You Won't Write About

Why you avoid writing down the thoughts that would force you to decide

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Scott D. Clary
Nov 25, 2025
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I think writing is the single most underrated skill for getting what you want in life.

Not because it helps you communicate better or think more clearly, though it does both. Because it’s the only tool that forces you to confront what you’re actually thinking instead of what you wish you were thinking.

Most people avoid writing about the things that actually matter. They journal about gratitude and goals and how their day went. But the decision they’re postponing? The relationship that’s not working? The truth they’re not ready to face? They keep that in their head.

And keeping it in their head is exactly what’s destroying them.

Let me show you what I mean.

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