1. I can’t write yet; I haven’t had coffee.
2. Ooh, look at what came in the mail. I better try it on!
3. I really need to take a shower before I get actual dressed for the day. If I write for an hour, I’ll let myself have another coffee.
4. First I just need to read everything that’s been posted on the Previously TV Chernobyl message board.
5. Okay, I’ve made a list of the three stories and three essays I want to finish this summer. Does that count as working?
6. Oops–it’s ten to the hour; I have to walk in circles around my living room to get my 250 steps so that Fitbit doesn’t yell at me.
7. There’s my harp in the living room. Practicing is also on my to do list, so maybe I should do that first. Surely writing will be easier once I gain a bit of momentum.
8. Oh, the Duolingo app. That’s also on my to do list. Better stop everything and do that now so the owl doesn’t yell at me.
9. I wonder if I’ll write better once I’m clean. Maybe showering comes next.
10. There’s a lot of dust in the entryway by the bathroom. Maybe I’ll write better once my apartment is clean.
11. I need to focus. Should I set my task for the day at 500 words, or one hour of dedicated work?
12. I’m good at checking off tasks without actually making progress. Maybe I should focus on results rather than process.
13. Maybe these aren’t the right three essays and three stories to finish this summer. I better look back at my folders to see if others are better options.
14. Oh yeah, I never finished deleting duplicate photos from my camera uploads…
15. It’s 1 pm. I’ve done nothing. I am adrift in a sea of inertia and failure.
16. Surely writing will be easiest if it’s the only thing left on my to do list.
17. And then I wrote this instead of working on one of my stories.
18. I still really want that coffee.

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