You’ve heard of girl math. You’ve heard of boy math. But have you heard of… poet math?
Poet math is the ways in which we use mental gymnastics and acrobatics to rationalize our silly little habits and desire to write and read anytime, anywhere. It justifies, rationalizes, and whispers into our ear don’t worry, you’ve earned it. Follow along to see if our minds think alike. Cheers!
Poet math is believing that if I bought a book for someone else, I didn’t spend any money…
Poet math is believing that a new notebook is an opportunity to write more, making it an investment in your future. And if it’s pretty to look at, it is an investment in your mental health. Economics!
Poet math tells us it doesn’t count if you’re late if you were writing a poem in your notes app on the way there.
Poet math justifies that $25 submission fees don’t count if you get an encouraging rejection letter.
Poet math is wholeheartedly concluding that if you write best at cafés, $10 lattes are a career-based investment.
Poet math is only writing Haikus to save money on ink.
Poet math is thinking that a poem is an appropriate gift for any occasion. The fact that it doesn’t cost anything is merely a coincidence!
Poet math is romanticizing your dead end job as an inspirational struggle that connects you to your favorite authors.
Poet math causes us to make extraordinary efforts such as living WELL beyond our means, to cure or prevent writers block.
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