What If Blank Pages Are Invitations to Breathe?

Because More Content Doesn't Mean Greater Impact.

I sit down with pen in hand and a now familiar anxiety bubble wells up in my chest causing it to tighten.

Put the pen down. Breathe.

Look at the words already written. Breathe again.

Pick up the pen. Feel the frosted plastic of my 0.35 Muji knock-off settle between my fingers. Breathe.

Tame the wildness clawing at the edges of my focus…

What if the words ar…