...or rather, mine. So far this morning I have done the following (rather than write):
Necessary:
Shop for lunch.
Buy two birthday cards
Wrap two presents
Put on a wash
Email publisher
Not so necessary:
Have coffee
Buy daffodils
Phone a friend (she was out 🙁)
Chat to husband
Unnecessary:
Arrange daffodils (above) in a time consuming way
Remove ALL the fluff from the tumble drier filter with a small knife
Check emails 15 times
Chat to husband again
Write this
I have succeeded in doing no writing at all. I'd call that successful displacement 😀
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Oh how I recognise displacement activities. I must just put in that new light fitting. It'll just take a few minutes then I'll do so and so. Three hours later there's no time to do so and so. What a disappointment. Ah well.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm in such lovely company, Graham!
DeleteIt is an absolute necessity that I have everything straight and orderly on my computer desk before I can write a word. Displacement in spades! Also, all the little "nagging things" have to be addressed first. I've always found it quite unbelievable that a writer can write anywhere and under any circumstances.
ReplyDeleteOoh! Tidying my desk! I'll add that to the list. Thank you, Jill!
DeleteA new word for me. I understood, but still felt the need to look it up. And that, by the way, can be a very useful displacement activity as well - especially for a writer. (Looking up words you may be thinking of using. Or not.) And I too need a tidy desk before I can start upon anything serious that means cluttering it up again...
ReplyDeleteLooking up words - I'll add that to the list, DT!
DeleteI wonder how many professional flower arrangers slip away from the daffodils to write.
ReplyDeleteLoved your comment, Patsy!
DeleteChatting to your husband is absolutely necessary, Frances! As is having coffee and buying daffodils. You were out buying the necessary things like birthday cards anyway, weren't you.
ReplyDeleteWhen I work from home, I need to have everything else out of the way first, too. Otherwise, I can not focus properly on the task at hand.
Thank you, Meike. I feel much better now!
DeleteBuy daffodils! That's essential.
ReplyDeleteDaffodils are de rigeur at this time of year, Yvonne, especially at just £1 a bunch!
DeleteIt's amazing how much cleaning you get done when you should be writing!
ReplyDeleteL, housework? What's that?
ReplyDeleteA sort of procrastination by another name.
ReplyDeleteI love daffodils - not seen any yet round these parts...
Daffodils are in all the supermarkets here, Maria, for just £1 a bunch 😀
DeleteSounds so much like my day, minus the fluff removal (I don’t have a tumble dryer).
ReplyDeleteOh good! I'm in good company then, Wendy. What's the cure?
DeleteBeen there and do it regularly, Frances!
ReplyDeleteThere must be a club for this, Rosemary. I've almost polished the sliver ( a job I loathe, and we haven't got much).
DeleteWriter's displacement activity...I like that at least my affliction has a name. :)
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the club, EM!
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