Writing every day for 365 days, I’ve learned to see the world in richer details.

I’ve bought an Ultra HD 4K HDR TV set.

While watching an innocent how-to-cook TV show, I’ve noticed something with horror. A fly was going from ingredient to ingredient. But from a distance, very small. The vast dimensions of my TV and the astronomical resolution allowed me to see the tiny insect distinctly making a banquet.

What was the initial warming feeling of somebody cooking something good while wasting time having breakfast became a whirlwind of thoughts about that shooting set. How’s the hygiene there? Will they eat that food? Is there anybody aware of that?

A more resolving lens allows us to see more details of reality, and sometimes details we were ignoring before influence our perception heavily.

The same happened when I dedicated long hours to think and write. I was able to appreciate reality through a new lens. What before was quickly put down in a reductionist way, as good or bad, became, then, richer in detail. 

Writing is your 8K Mega HD TV Set. Write to have a richer picture of your world, understand it better, and live it better.

This is Essay 27 of 30 in my challenge One Year Writing: 30 Lessons Learned in 30 Days

1. The Journey is the Purpose (16 Nov 2020)
2. Writing is Thinking (17 Nov 2020)
3. Write a Lot to Write Well (18 Nov 2020)
4. Creative Loneliness (19 Nov 2020)
5. Be Less Ambitious, Be More Consistent (20 Nov 2020)
6. Writing builds your networks (21 Nov 2020)
7. Connect ideas now (22 Nov 2020)
8. Writing improves your memory (23 Nov 2020)
9. Writing makes you a better observer (24 Nov 2020)
10. Writing sets the focus on yourself (25 Nov 2020)
11. Dissolve your distractions (26 Nov 2020)
12. Writing reduces your jargon and slang (27 Nov 2020)
13. Walking generates ideas (28 Nov 2020)
14. Writing is like drinking coffee (29 Nov 2020)
15. Creativity makes you happy (30 Nov 2020)
16. Be smart, let it go (1 Dec 2020)
17. Writing is a process (2 Dec 2020)
18. Automate repetitive tasks (3 Dec 2020)
19. Publish text as digital text, not images (4 Dec 2020)
20. Why asking questions? (5 Dec 2020)
21. Facilitate growth by tracking habits (6 Dec 2020)
22. Type more, type faster, type better (7 Dec 2020)
23. Transcribe your thoughts to become an effective communicator (8 Dec 2020)
24. Write daily to become a better manager (9 Dec 2020)
25. Do it small to do it better (10 Dec 2020)
26. Don’t lose your mind. Back it up (11 Dec 2020)
27. Write daily to enhance your reality (12 Dec 2020)
28. If only I could be ten, again (13 Dec 2020)
29. Writing compounds despite everything (14 Dec 2020)
30. The habit of building habits (15 Dec 2020)