Write. That’s what I didn’t do. Or what I haven’t done so far. Every summer I promise myself that I’ll get back to one scrap of text or another that I somehow—how?—managed to trick myself into jotting down…the previous summer?…or, no, could it really have been three or even four summers ago?… If others are [...]
Tag surfing, I came across a piece by Timothy A. Psychl that presents a slightly different “take” on procrastination. The problem might not (just) lie with the individual psychology of the procrastinator: it’s sometimes worth having a look at whether you’re trying to begin, to sustain or to complete a task. What this seems to mean, [...]
No, not that f-word: “Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way. I discovered that I had a strong will, and more discipline than I had suspected; I also found out that I had friends [...]
Although procrastination and fear aren’t in fact the same thing, they are often inextricably linked. What presents as procrastination (various forms of cyber-slacking, hours spent playing “Slow Ride” on Guitar Hero, and, yes, cleaning the bathroom…) may often be fear. This is particularly true, I think, when it comes to writing. For many of us, writing serves [...]
Write me, it whispers inviting. Write me now. Oh, I couldn’t, I say. I am shy. I hardly know you. Your conventions, your breath. It is too intimate. Tiptoe through me in ankle bracelets. Pluck my lines from vines like grapes and hold me in your mouth. I want you to know me from the [...]
