— Not a declaration of not speaking, but a choice to speak differently
At some point, you make a very quiet decision.
"I won't speak like that."
A decision not to speak louder,
A choice not to be more decisive.
This decision
comes not from bravery
but from exhaustion.
Words that postpone certainty,
sentences that speak of results in advance,
an air of knowing everything.
The more you follow that,
the more it feels like it's not your own words.
If you give up exaggeration, will there be nothing to say
Many people think like this.
"If you don't exaggerate, there's nothing to say."
"If there's no conclusion, it's not content."
I thought the same.
So for a while,
I didn't write anything.
But something strange happened.
When I gave up exaggeration,
instead of things to say,
things to record began to appear.
From the point where I stopped writing conclusions
The old me
always thought about the end of the writing first.
What should the reader gain from this?
What conclusion should I provide?
Can I give a sense of being helpful?
So it was difficult to even start.
Because I didn't have the confidence to finish.
But once I put down the conclusion,
the starting point changed.
It became like this.
"Where am I right now?"
"What still feels ambiguous?"
"Why does this choice bother me?"
These questions
do not demand a complete answer.
They only demand the current state.
Content was a report of the state, not a declaration
At that moment, I realized for the first time.
What burdened me
was not 'writing'
but the 'declarative tone'.
"Do it this way."
"This is the answer."
"This is the best way."
These sentences
were not conclusions
but responsibilities.
So I started changing to different sentences.
"I'm currently trying it this way."
"This method still feels comfortable to me."
"I intend to observe if this is correct."
These sentences
do not persuade people.
They only share the state.
And strangely,
writing started from that moment.
Revealing the process changed the weight of words
When stating the result,
I was always tense.
What if there are counterexamples?
What if it doesn't work under different conditions?
But when stating the process,
there was no need for that.
Because in the process,
there are not mistakes
but change logs.
Attempt A → Failure
Attempt B → Ambiguous
Attempt C → Pending
This is not a mistake
but a log.
And logs
do not need to be hidden.
The role of content has changed
From that moment on,
the role of content changed.
A tool for persuasion
A means of proof
Instead,
A space for organizing thoughts
A ledger for recording reasons for choices
Reference material for your future self
It changed like this.
Ironically,
as I started writing like this,
the readers changed.
There weren't many comments.
The views weren't high.
But emails came.
Quiet messages arrived.
"I keep coming back to this post."
"It's exactly like my worries."
In conclusion
When I gave up exaggeration,
the content did not disappear.
Instead,
it changed its nature.
From rapidly spreading words
to slowly accumulating words,
from persuasive words
to words that leave trust.
The reason you've been careful with your words
is not because you lack talent.
It's just that
your language has a different pace.
In the next post,
when I started speaking like this,
I will try to explain why trust begins to build
even without giving a 'correct answer.'
About the reasons why people are left behind
without stating the answer.