Input and Output

I was thinking about word flow yesterday, and about the sheer volume of words I consume in the course of a given day. A good day is one where the output of words is at least close to the inflow. Somewhere in there is a word clearinghouse where the words come in and are joined with other words and sent back out again. I was thinking of this mostly on paper, but it works with spoken words as well ... only there it's reversed. So if a good day is one where the number of words I take in visually is matched or more by the number of words I write, it's also defined as a day where the number of words I speak is significantly lower than the number I hear. In other words, read less, write more; listen more, talk less.