beating around the bush
People enjoy writing when it's convoluted, twists your mind around, uses words or phrases you don't entirely understand, or it seems intricate. I used to sort of write like that. That's writing without a point. When you're writing without a point then it has no essence. If you're writing with the point of looking good or intelligent or messing with people's heads just for the sake of doing so then after it's over what are you left with? Disappointment and the need to do it again. When you're writing with a point then your method is concentrated on accomplishing its goal, which means the writing is direct. When people can't understand what you're saying or have to continually look up words and ultimately are focused on the style more than the content then what's the purpose? It doesn't mean that writing shouldn't be an art, it means that people make it an art in the wrong place and time when it shouldn't be. Just get to the point, be direct, don't convolute meanings and twist words; with all the time you could spend on that you could spend it on analyzing the point you're trying to get across in the first place, which increases your understanding and allows you to say it in fewer words. Sorry but my beef lately is with people who act like they're intelligent when really they're not. I used to be one of them, now I just don't pretend because I know I'm an idiot. Whether you act intelligent or not it doesn't change your actual level, it only affects your ego, which affects your clarity of mind, which affects your intelligence. If an intelligent person can't figure that out then they aren't intelligent.

Beating around the bush is something I have no tolerance for lately. Part of that is my own lack of patience but part of it is practical too -- why don't people just get to the point? Life is so short and it's wasted on so much bullshit, dancing around issues, avoiding things, wallowing in guilt or stupid emotions. Have conviction, when you do something do it 100%, and if you aren't sure about it then make yourself sure about it or else don't do it. Everything I do is to the extreme and you know what? sometimes it's too intense, sometimes I look fucked up, but I don't care because I'll live by that philosophy. If you know a building is on fire then you focus 100% on getting out. If you aren't sure if it's on fire then you focus 100% on finding out, and when you find out you run out the door 100%, not half-way. You don't go into the main lobby, walk down the hall, out the door, and stop at the bushes. When my house is on fire I kick the bushes down.