This week’s writing prompt is around clarity. Clarity provides more than motivation. Clarity is more than having goals, or know what you’re working on. Clarity supercharges motivation, clarity helps you to approach your goals with more exactness. Take some time this week and write about clarity. Ask yourself the following questions… What are you working on? Do you have clarity on what you’re working on? How can you gain further clarity? What are you seeking clarity on?

James Clear states that, “Clarity is the elimination of mental clutter.” When we’re clear on something, we’re able to put some of the other options away. Being clear means cleaning away the clutter so that we can more clearly see what we’re looking at. Clarity provides extra focus.

For example, if you’re setting a goal to do something, you have to not only have the goal, but you have to have the understanding of why you want to do that thing. Having a compelling “why” helps you to stay engaged. Beyond even that though, understanding how, when, and where provides additional clarity to your goal. Making those additional commitments of not just “what” or “why” but also “how” and “when” and “where” will help you to further understand what might stand in the way of achieving your goals. Having clarity up front will help you to identify possible hurdles, and how you can handle them.

Complete clarity comes through action, not thought alone. It’s great, even important, to make notes on clarity up front. It’s important to identify hurdles, and to anticipate problems. True and complete clarity is revealed through action though. As you act, you’ll find that there will be new hurdles. You’ll find that the effort will be different than what you imagined it to be. To truly understand something, to truly gain clarity on a subject, you have to act on it. That’s when you gain ultimate clarity.

So this week, also write on what you’ve taken action on, and what you may already have clarity about. You may find addition insight on something that your action has provided you clarity on that you may have overlooked. You may very well find insight that you have been missing.