Writing Requires Thinking
And it’s hard to think when I’m worried about microbes all day.
Seth Godin wrote “ . . . writing is a symptom of thinking.”
I’ve been really busy lately — which is a good thing considering how many people are stuck at home and can’t work.
Has my workload impaired my ability to think clearly?
Or is this the result of a little thing called a Pandemic that is constantly in the back of my mind . . . ?
It seems impossible to sit down and bang on the keyboard for 30 minutes and say anything meaningful.
My brain keeps making connections from my current topic to something I read last month or last year or a conversation.
Or — the latest death count.
I want to write words to have relevance and cohesion and logic.
That requires slowing down and having a clear mind.
Not a mind that’s not jumping around — whacking down unrelated moles every few seconds.
So, is there anything on my mind right now that I can give sole attention and focus?
A great book can help.
I finished Wool by Hugh Howey. It was a good way to settle my mind each evening and think about ONE thing.