High Agency Level Up: Clearer Thinking

Sometimes I open my mouth to proudly explain a topic to someone that seems in desperate need of it, but almost nothing comes out. An umm, a few words, a pause, another word or two, and then I realize what I thought was all nice and tidy and organized is everything but. It feels frustrating because I feel like I understand it, but I can’t get it out. (The name for this is the illusion of explanatory depth.)

In George Mack’s High Agency essay he says that the Tricycle of High Agency relies on three wheels: Disagreeability, bias to action, and clear thinking. I have always been disagreeable and recently my bias to action has improved massively…but…the clear thinking on my tricycle is, admittedly, still a bit flat.

My life circumstances have given me a lot more time than the average American to just think. I want to take that privilege I’ve been given and see if I can level it up with writing. The hope is that if I write each day, just a little bit, my thoughts will slowly become more organized.