Woke up early in the morning and spilled coffee on the table. Cleaned the keyboard, mopped the floor, cleaned the desk - it took an hour. When using clips to carry plates over, trembling with worry that they would fall, took a gamble, and they really did fall, spilling all over the table and floor.
My first reaction was frustration and anger, but I recovered in a second. Take a deep breath, just deal with it slowly.
There’s a book that’s been on my reading list for a while: Bird by Bird. It basically tells this story: a child had an assignment to submit a bird report, procrastinated for a long time without starting. When the deadline was approaching, the child was about to cry - there were so many birds, and not a single one was written. What to do? His father told him: bird by bird, just write about one bird at a time, bird by bird.
A few days ago I watched a video about the iPod’s classic slogan “1000 songs in your pocket.” The author mentioned that the best writing is “visual.”
“Focus on what’s in front of you” is good advice but hard to practice. Bird by bird - you just write one at a time and that’s it.
On a side note, patience is one of the most important qualities, while impatience is one of the worst things. The most ridiculous scene is when many parents/partners, after losing their emotional control, demand their children/partners to control their emotions.
