The Southsea Scribe

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A little piece I wrote for #JourneysFestival

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Very wise words from Oh my fucking blog
The worst assumption she looks at here is that happiness is a choice. Not for the millions suffering with depression. And platitudes like that are dangerous for those people, and make them feel even more useless and alienated.

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Every time I have a child free, responsibility free weekend ahead, it goes like this:
Day dream about writing with no interruptions all week. Plan to get up at 8 and be writing by 9. Imagine writing 6,000 words.... Get up at 8 on Saturday. Muck about drinking tea and looking at the internet. Think about procrastinating by doing the washing up. Muck about on the internet some more. Think about thinking about procrastinating. Consider cleaning the toilet. Berate self for not even procrastinating yet, let alone doing any writing. Hang the washing out. Do the washing up. While washing up, have the best idea ever in the world and finally sit down bursting with energy to write it all down. Sit down and start writing. Need toilet. Write two more paragraphs. Spend twenty minutes on Thesaurus.com trying to find a particular word. Have video chat with a friend. Make lunch even though it's three o'clock. Start thinking about having a bath and reading a book. Worry about being behind on reading. Drink a glass of red wine in the bath while reading. Give up writing for the day having completed a staggering 1500 words.
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