· Write blog posts
· Write your novel
· Cycle endlessly between Gothamist, Gawker, Curbed, and GalleyCat, and all your friends' and relatives' blogs
· Cruise Facebook and MySpace for people from high school you don’t even like
· Make multiple trips to the vending machine before you figure out which snack will most entertain you for five minutes
· Look for other jobs
· Google everyone you've ever known, including yourself
· Rearrange your book collection, again
· Peruse the take shelves even though you know it’s the same tripe it always is
· Read each day’s New York Times online in its entirety
· Be surly to your coworkers, even if they are annoying
· Make a rubber band ball
· Read links Brian Hurley sends you periodically throughout the day
· Stare wistfully out the window
· Avoid at all costs touching your slush pile
· Check the news sites for every place you’ve ever lived
· Read your friends’ novels in manuscript
· Obsess over how much you don’t want to be at work
· Comment on your own blog posts
Did I miss anything?
6 comments:
"Comment on your own blog posts"
Like that one :)
-Rachael
Hi, Rachael, thanks for looking!
I check every few days. Soon to be starting my own blog. Cant think of a web name though...GGRRRR. writers block.
-Rachael
Yup, entirely accurate. Where do you think I am right now? Procrastination Central.
This is one of my favorite posts of yours.
What's a slush pile? It that what I have all over my house?
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