🐼 I'll do absolutely anything to avoid actual work.
Pending works, dumped projects and whatnot
Heyaa
Another Sunday, another newsletter from my bed.
Now, that reminds me of a Facebook post I saw earlier today. It was about commenting the title of your ongoing read and adding “in my bed.”
The comments sure were hilarious. I did mine, too.
Will talk about it later.
It’s late now… A bit late than usual. It’s 8.20 AM. And it’s a dull day with bright sunlight.
The cookie-yellow three-storey building outside my window is reflecting the light quite well.
It’s unusually quiet today. No vroom-vroom, honk-honk or the occasional clitter-clatter of a cycle rickshaw... Almost every day, someone on the lane gets into a wordsy brawl over some matter. But there’s nothing as such.
I might not need a song today. But this silence is deafening.
Maybe I’ll put a song for the old time's sake…
Heard this a few days ago in the IG story of my bookstagram crush. Listening to it occasionally since then.
Still not sure what to write today.
Maybe about that time years ago, when I was backpacking across Western Europe. *wink wink*
Nuh-uh, I wasn’t.
I’m not the adventurous type, you know.
I love being absolutely cooped up in my room. Maybe reading, playing a game, or tapping unnecessarily on my laptop. Too many things at once.
Ahhh that reminds me of distractions.
I’ll write about distractions today.
Recently, I got myself talking about how my to-do is a mess these days. Not publicly, with a friend.
That does sound like a good idea for a public talk if I do someday. Let me add it to my idea list. *log into Trello, open ideas board, note it among 50 other ideas, sigh*
OK, done. Added.
You see, that’s how easily I get distracted. Instead of focusing on one thing, I keep switching between tasks.
Each newsletter takes me 2-3 hours to write. Even when I am just recording my thoughts and experiences. One thing leads to another and another and another.
I don’t usually have the compulsion of closure. So, leaving things ongoing doesn’t bother me.
By the end of the day, though, I want things to be done. At least what I’m writing. Can’t stop at half-sentences.
Once I read that, if you have to pause writing midway, stop at half-sentences. It helps you continue the previous thought when you’re back at it. So, kind of that.
In mid of work, I’ll start reading about a random fact and then back to working an hour later. At the EOD, I end everything at periods.
Wait… where was I?
Yes, to-do is a mess these days.
It was a fleeting thought while conversing with a friend. It was about how some people (me) can’t work on one thing at a time.
I'll do absolutely anything to avoid actual work. And get 23 other tasks done that aren't even my priority. Apne ko to aise distractions se hi productivity aati hai. (Our productivity comes through such distractions.)
I found I might have ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder). Not serious, hopefully, but a few symptoms there are. Like these uncontrolled impulsive behaviours in the middle of important work.
My book blog has been in a state of neglect for a month now. Mostly because I haven’t read a good book worth collecting quotes from. But also because I was too busy taking care of my own book.
This Friday, I also worked a little on a fiction book. Not sure when it will be published or if I will even draft the story any time soon.
The last time I tried fiction story writing, I dumped it after writing 20-something pages in 3 years. Yes, 20 short pages. In 3 years. Not even 5000 words, I think.
Destination: Death. That’s the title. I started it on a whim after getting the idea during a vacation. It was an amateur work.
Trying my hands on fiction again. Let’s see how it goes.
By the way, browsing Instagram, I came across this:
Might be the song in the loop again… for the next few days. Ask me when I send the next newsletter.
I’ll shut myself down now. It’s already 3 hours since I started writing this one.
Bidding adieu.
Live long and prosper.
See you next week, with another story.
PS: This is what I commented on the Facebook post about my ongoing reads:
Find Your Freedom in my bed
A Promised Land in my bed
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job in my bed
OK, bye!