Notes and OBSERVATIONS
Today, instead of doomscrolling I:
Chose and watched a single video on Youtube then closed my browser.
Drank espresso and did my Morning Pages in the garden.
Read two short stories and an essay in issue 141 of Granta. One of the short stories bothered me, and I don’t know why.
Thought about my latest draft and had a very small insight into how to make it better.
Wrote up my notes for The Art of Memoir by Mary Karr.
Today, instead of doomscrolling I:
Started the day with Morning Pages
Played with my cat.
Worked on a second draft of a new short story.
Drank my espresso in the garden and watched the birds.
Wrote in my journal.
Like many of us, I am struggling to martial my attention with my digital devices and am prone to extended bouts of doomscrolling news and tech sites.
I noticed Electra Rhodes has been posting “Things I did today instead of doomscrolling” and this ticked a box for me.
It’s not exciting, or ground breaking, but I wanted to restart blogging as a digital log and diary (remember when we did that…), so I am going to give it a go.