In the six days since I last posted and wrote, while travelling to/from Dubai, doing stenography work and feeling ludicrously tired (the post-flight day, yesterday), I have thought a lot about refining the framework for my book. I am not convinced my kind of “thought a lot about” has been, or will prove to be, […]
Day 4. Writing chapter 3 of 40 Patches Read More »
I’m starting this before midday with a view to withholding my lunch until I’ve finished today’s chapter. This is a new tactic to focus me. I also have a massive To Do list today, which includes packing for an early morning flight ahead of a work trip tomorrow. If I get everything done, it will
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Today is not going well. I sat down to start this about – well, it’s 4.26pm now and I was ready to start by 8am. The photo of my slump-chair and my laptop also shows a bowl of melon. The melon was one of many distractions leading to a day of largely feeling a bit
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Three hours and 12 minutes ago, while slumped on a cosy armchair, I started reading online about how to motivate yourself to work in a home office environment. After dismissing a few blogs, I found one article that seemed entirely relevant and took on board the need to always work in a designated work area.
Day 1. Writing the intro to 40 Patches Read More »
Staring at a blank page with a cursor flashing in anticipation of an outpouring of perfectly assembled words is one of the most uninspiring and thoroughly depressing sights. All the more so when you’re trying to start a work of literary genius that you have pages and pages of notes for but seemingly no brilliant
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