Ten sentences. No more, no less.

1. I’m writing this with a limit, not to be clever, but to make starting easier.
2. The constraint gives things a shape and changes how I pay attention.
3. I notice the pull to “optimise”: to make this worth the space it takes up.
4. That impulse is familiar, but I’m practicing not following it.
5. Working within a boundary makes it clearer what wants to be said now and what can wait.
6. It shows how quickly I reach for an ending instead of staying with what’s here.
7. That alone feels worth paying attention to.
8. Nothing here resolves, and that feels right.
9. The constraint worked by getting me to the page.
10. I’m stopping because the boundary says so.