August 22: Friday Thoughts

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I went out after work today and sat outside and had a coffee and did some notebook-writing, which felt really good. I didn’t plan any particular stories (been so long since I’ve done that, which is really a shame–I’ve just been straight up diary-writing, really), but I did work through some thoughts. I think I came to at least one useful conclusion.

I didn’t have time to do what I wanted to do and go through all my writing projects and straighten them in my head. Not all-all, as in my ideas list, that would be impossible and not useful, but everything that’s currently ‘active.’ It’s kind of a lot to juggle, if you count not just the 'main’ projects but the stuff I’m working on as writing exercises, the stuff I write at particular times or places, the private stuff, and the editing. I thought I could do a version of that for this post but it feels too weird. I think that needs to be private if it’s going to be really honest and useful.

Hence, this note instead. It’s been a weird week. Productive at work… less so at home. I feel like I’m a lot less prepared for this weekend than I had hoped (assumed?) I would be. There is a sort of clarity to sitting outside without the distractions and just… sifting through my thoughts. Obvious, but true.