What are the characteristics of an anxious mind? Here’s one: I’ve been sitting at my computer for 20 minutes deciding if I should write that first sentence. I’m anxious about how good the sentence is, what people will think about it, will it live up to my mostly self-created image of being a ‘good’ writer, will it live up to my mostly self-created image of being a ‘smart’ person, is it good enough to be the first sentence to an essay that will be as good as Sontag’s ‘Notes on Camp’ (is this a smart enough reference?), will I be interrupted as I write, post-interruption what do I need to do etc, etc, etc…And all this for the first sentence.
The last two paragraphs are so relatable it physically hurts me in my chest.
PS: I would like to live in the parallel universe where Roshan posts selfies to Instagram.