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I\u2019ve been surfing\u2013well, that is entirely the wrong word\u2013puddling round the Internet for an hour, trying to distract myself into writing something, knowing that the minute I stop typing, I\u2019ll have to face down the last few devotionals that are sticking in my proverbial craw. (What is a craw anyway?)<\/p>\n

Did you know I\u2019m working on a book? Truly I am. I wrote it suddenly last year, in some kind of spasmodic fit, and I\u2019ve been gently toiling away with some noble and brilliant editors who have painstakingly, you\u2019ll be happy to know, helped me deal with my failures of commas and general inadequacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so stressed out and overwhelmed,\u201d I lamented last week, waving my arms and sneezing violently from all the dust. \u201cWhy can\u2019t I get my life together!?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell,\u201d said my mother philosophically, \u201cyou did just drive around the country, and you\u2019re moving house, and you\u2019re writing a book. Most people don\u2019t do all those things at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the book\u2019s already written,\u201d I muttered bitterly, \u201cit just needs wrapping up. Everyone else would already be done and moved and saving orphans.\u201d<\/p>\n

So instead of wrapping it up, I laboriously KonMarie-d my dresser drawers and winter clothes. And then I had tea with a lot of friends. And then I went to Aldi. And then I make an Einkorn Toad in the Hole. And then I took a walk around our lovely neighborhood park and pointed out to the children all the people playing Pokemon Go and taunted them about the lack of smartphones in their hands. And then I emptied some more boxes.<\/p>\n

Tragically, though, today I do have a bit of a free morning. Every kind of appointment has been cleared away. If I don\u2019t plant myself at my desk and just Finish Already it will be true and undeniable avoidance, and not because I just have<\/i> to do a couple of more boxes so that we can survive. I could just easily do it, and still have all kinds of time for putting things away.<\/p>\n

But if I did? Then what? What happens to me when I complete this whole project (which, don\u2019t worry, won\u2019t be today) and it is sitting there all wrapped up with a bow in actual touchable pages, ready to be shoved in a cupboard and forgotten about? I\u2019d have to write something else, wouldn\u2019t I? But what on earth would it be?<\/p>\n

Somehow, finishing this book without having started to write anything else feels like looking dolefully down into a catestrophic abyss. It\u2019s like having to think about whether to vote for Donald or Hillary. It\u2019s the end of the world. Therefore, I\u2019m sure I should put it off just one more day.<\/p>\n

Oh look! Sunshine! I could go examine my garden. And boil myself an egg. And then tidy my desk. Pip pip.<\/p>\n

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