Day 2!

Hello again.

Today's prompt: What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?

Excuse me while I laugh. What do I do each day that doesn't  contribute to my writing? Hmm... work, eat, sleep, listen to music, caffeinate, LIVE, etc. Of course, I also do a lot of things in my day that involve writing (Gchat, e-mail, reports, Twitter, etc.), but I don't do them for the sake of writing. Writing has just become a part of everyday life and certain activities happen to necessitate it.

On a side note, it's funny that this should be today's question because Alison Davis, the author of Your Attention, Please, came in to speak to us at work this evening about communicating with distracted audiences, and our company is about to embark on an intensive writing program.

As for the second part of the question - can I eliminate these things that don't contribute to my writing? Sure, maybe I could try, but I won't. I like those parts of my life. After hitting publish, I will, however, be crawling into bed to read a book and thus inadvertently contributing to my ability to write.

Ah, full circle.