The word “clarity” invites a binary view on the matter.

Either you have clarity or not.

But that's hardly how it works in real life.

Actually, it's more like a river that grows and grows as it progresses

down the valleys and accumulates more and more smaller streams.

And each time two streams merge, that's the moment that feels like

this stroke of insight where you have that sudden leap in clarity.

Think of something you've mastered over the years.

I bet there was this early moment of insight when suddenly you

understood some core concept.

But then maybe even years after, you look at that same concept and feel

like that early feeling of clarity was really just scratching the surface.

Today, with all of your experience, you have a much deeper understanding

of how all the dots connect.

You have a much deeper feeling of clarity.

Also, you can speak with much greater clarity about these things.

And yet, a few years down the road, you might look back at

today with that same feeling.

You've barely scratched the surface and it will feel like only now are

you really starting to see clearly.

Clarity is not a binary state.

Clarity accumulates through rigorous thinking and rigorous

efforts of expressing what you see.

Clarity really is a process.