Day 52
If I’d written one of these diary pages a week this would be my year end. If I’d written all of them back to back I’d have spent 2 working weeks unpaid (bar a few cents). I can’t remember why I started writing these and I’m not sure what the purpose is now — I just feel some kind of obligation to continue.
I’m a string writer, i.e. I start from a beginning and follow the thread to its conclusion. I find it difficult working in a more conventionally structured fashion (not technically difficult but in terms of creativity). It tends to feel mechanical and I’m just not so good at overtly structured thinking — I guess it’s down to the way my brain’s wired.
its the persistence of the water rather than the resistance of the rock that wins in the end
I guess for many of us the wiring is beginning to show which is both positive and negative. It can be disturbing and distracting to hear the dull hum as power travels through the circuit. Taking exercise breaks not only allows us to stretch our muscles but to distract us from the background noise and give us a mental break that simply sitting quietly doesn’t (if you even get chance to sit quietly).
Some deal with this by shorting the circuit, taking the path of least resistance in the hope that the hum will be silenced. Of course it can’t but this is a way of…
