Writing down ideas forces your brain to discover what you really think

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Wellness & Longevity United States

In an environmental ethics class, I had to write a short essay, 800 to maybe 1,000 words, every week. You had to lay out an argument for “why I think eating meat is unacceptable,” or “GMOs are okay, actually.” There was no right answer; what mattered was the quality of your argument. Professor Simeone, who checked a few boxes for crazy, brilliant academics, was a hard grader. If you had lazy…

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