Getting explicit, making things more visible, is what I’m doing with all this self-reflection / self-improvement .

Why do I meditate? The act of non-doing and simply noticing my thoughts is so I can explicitly see what the thoughts are and that they are just thoughts.

Why do I journal/write? The act of putting something down on paper makes my thoughts and intentions explicit. 

It is so much easier to examine and question what is explicit and make choices about it.

It’s much more difficult to examine and question what is implicit.

Making things explicit puts the cards on the table.  

Get explicit.

Note to self: This doesn’t mean immediately say what’s on your mind, getting explicit to other people about how much they annoy you. In this instance, I would suggest being explicit to yourself that you are annoyed, and what it is that annoys you. Then you can get explicit about the choices you have in front of you. Then you can make an explicit choice about how to proceed in a way that doesn’t compromise what you’re working towards.