That’s when I realized that to preserve my sanity, as well as my independence of thought, I had to forget every word I’d read and ask myself why I wanted to write this damn book.
Putting aside the useless reasons, such as “it’s what I do,” and “I don’t want all this research to go to waste,” I closed my eyes, cleared my mind, and waited as patiently as I could for even a hint of an answer.
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