You should be writing. You don’t want to. Here are 20 things to do instead of writing.

1. Read email
2. Dust your keyboard
3. Read that excellent book you downloaded last night
4. Rearrange your bulletin board
5. Count the number of pens in your pen holder
6. Sort them by colour
7. Play solitaire to realign your Right Brain
8. Read the Chicago Manual of Style
9. Cut out pictures for a collage
10. Organize your bookshelf
11. Count the number of “How To” books you have
12. Arrange them by author
13. Rearrange them by subject
14. Research on YouTube
15. Smell different hand lotions
16. Play mood music
17. Make tea
18. Eat chocolate
19. Eat cake
20. Make a list of things to do instead of writing

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