Are writing rituals helpful? Sure. Sometimes. Unless they’re not. Confused? Y’see, the bottom line is this: if rituals help you write, use them. If not, experimenting might be fun. But don’t force it.

Imagine how great we’d all feel and what could we accomplish if we weren’t obsessed with the number on the scale, our salary, our title, and the way we look in that photo our friend just posted on Facebook.

We all learn by doing, and adjust as we go. And when it comes to rediscovering yourself, making changes, and making meaning in your life, it's a process. And you have to get moving.

Just because something is on the page doesn’t mean you have to act on it right away. You don’t have to do a damn thing with it at all if you don’t want to. But it’s still good. Cause you can work with the truth.

If you compare your life to others as a way to feel better, or to force a “reality check”, you’re (in essence) attempting to convince yourself that your feelings don’t matter. (Don’t do that.)

Things do NOT happen for a reason. Things happen, and we try to make meaning out of them. But there is absolutely no cosmic plan behind the difficult things that happen to us.