34. Hammering a Screw
Later that day, Miss Rella stuck her head in my office
just as I was staring at the computer, shaking my head. She asked me if I was having a rough day.
I said, “Most days I spend an hour online before I
write a word of my blog. I read ‘thought
for the day’ books. I look through Face
Book and LinkedIn to see what issues people have. Sometimes I read online newsletters dedicated
to recovery. I re-read what I’ve written
when I get home before I post it. Other
days I’m really busy and I write the blog in my head while I’m at the gym. Those posts I put the least effort into are
the ones people seem to like best.”
“So why don’t you just write your blog in the gym?” Miss
Rella asked.
“Because doing things at the last minute, writing on
the fly, that’s so much the old me.
That’s the baffle them with b.s., rely on my gift for gab, graduated
near the bottom of my class, me.
“Or,” Miss Rella said, “You’re trying to hammer in a
screw. Doing things on the fly wasn’t a
good idea in college, but maybe writing off the cuff is the best for your
blog.”
Today I’ll try to match my abilities to the
task at hand.
Writing My New Story © 2015 by Ken Montrose
(Just a reminder: Writing
My New Story is a work of fiction.
Any resemblance to anyone you might know is purely coincidental.)
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Dancing with Rachel (a novella)
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Heroin, Oxycontin, & Other
Opiates: Breaking your addiction to them
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Home Groupies ( a daily messages
novella)
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Meditations for the First 30 Days:
How not to become roadkill on the highway to recovery
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Staying Clean, Taking Medications
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