I once saw a cartoon with the caption, “The trouble with being a writer is that when you’re looking out a window, nobody believes you’re working.”
Personally, the trouble with being a writer is working so much that I don’t spend enough time looking out windows.
What about you? Do you spend time to wonder? To be amazed at nature? To observe a child discovering something for the first time? To watch a puppy chasing a butterfly?
Am I too focused on getting things done to enjoy the things I’m doing?
I think I’ll add the following to my to-do list this week:
- Lie on my back and watch the clouds
- Watch a duck swim across a pond
- Take a walk through the woods and look for new buds on the trees
Think of a few things you want to do but have pushed aside because of those tasks you need to do. Sprinkle a few of those items among the must-do tasks on your list.
And enjoy them.
Because if we don’t get out and live a little, what will we write about?
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