Unfinished Conversations is exactly what it sounds like. An ongoing collection of thoughts that don’t always come to neat conclusions.
This blog has no agenda, no niche, and no SEO strategy. This is a space for the kinds of conversations I have in my head and with the people I love all the time. About the internet, modern life, growing up as a millennial, being a mother, how weird and wonderful the world is, and what it means to care about things.
“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”
E.M Forster
My writing isn’t a record of conclusions I’ve already reached. It’s the process by which I reach them. I write for people that ruminate, engage deeply, and like deep dives. I like pattern recognition and connecting dots. I like seeing how the present connects to the past and contributes to the future.
That is also why my essays are long. I’m not trying to be efficient. I don’t write about stuff that can be compressed into a five-slide post or a 47-second reel. As much as I appreciate those forms of communication, I think long-form writing has its place on the internet.
I’ve gotten better at thinking since I began writing these essays. Here are some things I’ve thought about really well (and helped others think about too):
- Nostalgia feels great, but is it misleading
- How to text better
- Why happiness is actually a good pursuit
- Why moving kinda sucks
- Why change kinda sucks (but we also crave it)
- Should I take pictures to remember my life
- Does AI help you think better
- The downsides of strong conviction
If you’re someone who likes to sit with questions, and if you find rabbit holes charming not alarming, and if you enjoy small ideas being blown wildly out of proportion, and if you like neuroses in tiny doses, and if you believe that curiosity is more interesting than certainty, and if you can make it to the end of meandering sentences such as this one, pull up a chair and join me.
Let’s never finish a conversation, ever.
Love,
Sonia Rebecca Menezes~