[Serious] Generally speaking, is philosophy a worthwhile subject of study?

[emjay]

I know I tend to write wordy posts but it's not about trying to impress anyone... far from it, as mostly I see it as a flaw; it's my own tendency to ramble combined with, similar to what you said, anticipating questions/objections and/or not wanting to be misunderstood. I dream of being more concise, and not over analysing things, but it's generally a losing battle

Keep in mind even the best writers ramble—it's a consequence of how the mind thinks. The trick is simply to do a second draft. That's when you make it sound like you knew what you were going to say all along.

Nice in theory but usually I find redrafting doesn't actually help me that much because each pass just ends up creating more let's say 'explanatory gaps' that I neurotically/compulsively feel the need to fill. My posts for instance usually have a lot of 'and/or's etc, neurotically trying to pre-empt anticipated questions/objections, but where each pass reading through it or redrafting it, creates more of those needs, so doesn't really help... leaving the only options really to either start from scratch or make do as it is.

So pretty much the only way I think I can make things more concise is either to find that elusive perfect sentence that covers all its bases in the shortest/simplest possible form, which granted is always very satisfying if you do find one, or just to be less anticipatory in the first place... which is difficult if you're one, like me, with a tendency to overthink/dwell on things.