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Category: Procrastination

Overcoming Writer’s Block: Four Steps

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

Step 1: Have a cup of tea and two slices of malted sourdough with crunchy peanut butter (not too much, pretend there are only scrapings left in the jar) and thinly sliced banana. I will eat and drink slowly whilst chewing my food for longer than seems necessary, for this not benefits not only my … Continue reading Overcoming Writer’s Block: Four Steps

What Am I Doing?

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 2 Comments

I’ve not been feeling well lately and so I’ve been moping around, achieving little. At least that’s what I tell myself, whilst successfully discounting those bits and bobs I am getting done between bouts of inactivity. Yet all I can focus on is the inactivity, which is very unfashionable these days, to be slothful, unless … Continue reading What Am I Doing?

Second Drawer Down

August 26, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

I know I am not alone, that I have friends out there, comrades, brothers-in-arms; I’ve even heard there are support groups for us, but so far, I’ve not worked out how to join one. And so here I am in glorious isolation, the famous second drawer down in your kitchen – or should I say … Continue reading Second Drawer Down

Pigs Might Fly

November 19, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 4 Comments

I’m finding it hard to let go of the weekend.  It was such a lovely one, pink whipped morning skies and trails of orange cloud by evening; the evening (when measured by the availability of light) being 3.30pm.  Neither my mind nor body have quite made it to Monday and I’m hankering to be back … Continue reading Pigs Might Fly

Mañana

March 7, 2018March 9, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

There’s a snappy little refrain that goes: ‘to win you must first begin.’ It’s one of those sayings that can eat away at me in annoying whine, as I sit ruminating about what’s to be done and how best to avoid doing it. ‘You can’t plough a field by turning it over in your mind,’ … Continue reading Mañana

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