This is also known as 20 things to do when you are trying to write your weekly blog post, but all you can think about is all the things you have to do between now and the end of the year and how much you want to see Star Wars.
- Go for a walk
- Bring in the mail
- Watch as the box tower you made out packages already received and haven’t yet had
a chancethe inclination to wrap sways dangerously from side to side as you attempt to add one more to the pile - Decide protection of life, limb, and property is worth a few minutes spent wrapping
- Run out to the store to purchase more wrapping paper
- Issue an all points bulletin on the tape that you could have sworn you left on the table and yet is nowhere to be seen
- Locate lost tape the minute you return to the wrapping area with a new spool
- Open another package after realizing the paper you cut for the first package was the wrong size
- Treat paper cut
- Wonder why you didn’t pay for the gift wrap option when purchasing presents
- Pour yourself another cup of coffee / tea / water / wine
- Return to the computer to intent to write, only to discover 100 handy dandy rules for evil overlords (which are also good tips for how not to write clichéd villains / confrontation scenes and therefore, valuable research and definitely not a time waster)
- Head over to another room to turn on some music
- Trip over discarded cardboard
- Catch your reflection as you reorganize pile of excess cardboard waste and ponder whether or not it is time for a haircut
- Look again at the package tower and remember why you didn’t pay for the gift wrap option while also forgetting about scheduling a haircut
- Return to the computer read about Hugh’s Photo Challenge and his charity, The Dog Trust, and decide that you’d like to support a cause whose mission is to help all dogs enjoy a happy life, free from the threat of unnecessary destruction while wishing there was a similar one for all people
- Take a picture
- Eat a cookie
- Relax and be happy
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