This is How I Think

Hard Writing
This is the kind of writing Zum Hofe is asking us to write. I don't find the writing entirely hard. I find dealing with it, rereading, and reworking it hard. After I wrote it, I didn't want to look at it again. It was too hard.
Therapy
It's theraputic to write hard writing. I like to just write it, get it out of my system, and never visit it again. It's a great release. It's like being able to confess something or tell someone something without them feeling obliagated to "say something".
Honesty
I tell my mom EVERYTHING. I want to share my hard essay with her. I already told her about it and told her I would send it to her when it was finished. I realized, though, that I have to take out a few lines that would probably make her very sad. But I feel that this takes away from the complete honesty of the package. But there's no way I can share those lines with her. It would confirm thoughts that she already believes.
Keep your mouth shut
I find that life would be much simpler if we communicated less--or used simpler communication. If I could just NOT talk, text, email, or call so much, I wouldn't have to always try to keep track of all my communication and worry about what I've communicated. I woudn't have written this essay so I wouldn't have told my mom about it over the phone and I wouldn't have told her I would share it with her. I would have kept the essay in my head, where it belongs, and no one would have ever known otherwise.
Silence
Someday I will learn to listen rather than speak. Everyday I learn the hard way that talking too much gets you into trouble. Yet everyday I learn the hard way that talking too much gets you into trouble. I'm obviously not actually learning. Hopefully I will learn what to keep quiet about. Honesty + Communication = Alicia talking about everything and anything that ever enters her head.