Creative procrastination
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The perpetrator went, uh, thatta way |
Sifting through items in your work space
Fidgeting
Suddenly feeling that now is the time to vacuum
Running out to get the mail
Being compelled to get up and stretch — maybe even busting a yoga pose — though you’re not normally the stretching kind
Cuddling with your pet
Lingering over tea
Scribbling down notes as all those things you need to attend to assault your mind-o-sphere
Lazily, for the first time all day, becoming fascinated at the way the breeze moves the leaves outside your window
Listening to one last song: Chumbawamba . . . I get knocked down, but I get up again, You’re never gonna keep me down . . .
Scooting to the bathroom mirror to tweeze errant hairs sprouting in ungodly places
Looking off into space . . . for long, silent minutes
Arranging things just so
Finally, sitting down to work
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Creative gestation has many forms. None of them involve getting lost on the internet.
For you —
Evan Griffith
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