More Or Less Unblocked <HD 2026>
But decks are never fully clear. There is always another email. Another ache. Another doubt. The pursuit of total clearance becomes a procrastination masquerading as preparation.
More or less unblocked.
It promises a clean slate. An open road. A cleared throat. We chase it in productivity apps, in therapy sessions, in the ruthless act of deleting old photos or cutting off a draining friend. We believe that on the other side of unblocked lies freedom. more or less unblocked
But I’ve started to suspect that absolute unblocked-ness is a myth. Worse: it might be a lie that keeps us from actually moving. But decks are never fully clear
But have you ever actually driven that road for more than an hour? It becomes hypnotic. Then boring. Then terrifying. Without resistance, without the small friction of a curve or a slowdown, the mind wanders into dangerous blankness. You stop paying attention. You stop feeling the wheel. Another doubt
Blockage, in small doses, is what makes movement felt . I’ve come to love the phrase “more or less unblocked.” It’s honest. It’s lived-in. It admits that there’s still a pebble in your shoe, but you’re walking anyway. There’s still a knot in the rope, but you’re pulling it through.
“I’ll start when I feel ready.” “I’ll write when I have the perfect idea.” “I’ll love again when I’m fully healed.”