The Journal of Messy Thinking
The Journal of Messy Thinking is a weekly newsletter by me, Nick Parker. It's about ideas, creativity, writing, language, finding your voice, doing your work, and the jumbled interconnectedness of all things.
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It goes out every week to around 3,000 people. Some of them say things like: 'it's a unique and insightful mash-up of big ideas and small footnotes'; 'useful, funny, thoughtful and inspiring', and 'for people who can't stand all those productivity-life-hacking newsletters'. ​
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It's a bit like this:​
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This one about ‘re-thinking how you read’ went viral, and was the spark for my recent little book On Reading: Provocations, consolations and Suggestions for reading more freely.
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This one ranting about the neuroscience-of-everything is fairly typical.
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Or just have a nose around previous issues yourself.
Other interconnections​:
I created Voicebox, the tone of voice method used by brands and copywriters to help them find their distinctive voice
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I run That Explains Things, a language strategy agency, helping my clients find their voice, tell their stories, and explain their things.