by #NinaPaley #2024 #Review

https://blog.ninapaley.com/2024/12/12/my-2024-year-in-review/

"Writing is painful because of everything I think, I can only get a wee little bit on the page. I want to get EVERYTHING down and instead I squeeze out 1 to 2% at best.

I procrastinated writing my 2024 Year In review for this reason. How could I do this year justice? I would forget so much.

After several hours captioning #photos, I realized #forgetting is the point. Only getting 1 to 2% is the point. If you want EVERYTHING, you live Life itself.

If you want writing, you recognize a few patterns and put those down. You can’t remember everything, nor should you. Forgetting is a gift.

Pattern recognition requires excluding most information, which at the time of exclusion becomes mere “noise”.

Just a little bit is the point. Just for today is the point."

#2024 Year In Review - by #NinaPaley #2024 #Review

"Forgetting is (also) the point". A few points is sometimes enough... or a good enough start to come back to whenever you like and feel for it again!