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Hemingwrite

4/23/2015

 
I sat at the computer, settling in to my writing routine, when a pop-up caught my attention.

Hemingwrite. Clever name. What’s that about? I clicked on an article about an invention for writers, which was being funded on Kickstarter. A word-processor sans internet browser, it looked like a flattened-out typewriter with a postcard-sized screen. What a godsend for me, because the internet distracts me. Never fails. It’s too tempting to peek at Facebook or email. This might be the solution. Just sit and type and it backs up the document to the cloud, and that’s good, because … well let me see how much it costs.

As I poised the cursor over the link to the Kickstarter campaign, a cartoon lightning bolt zapped my head. Here sits a woman distracted by an internet article about a device designed to prevent her from reading internet articles.

Sigh. Once again––figuring things out. Searching for answers to self-created problems. Poor little head.

It’s not my job to figure out how to avoid the internet. My job is to notice I’m distracted and then take note of how that feels. Pay attention.

Life works out. It always has. The details are above my pay grade.

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Jen W link
4/23/2015 11:32:13 pm

I love this! Lol so true. Yes "the details are above my pay grade" love!

Dawn Downey link
4/27/2015 03:32:48 am

Jen, When I think about it, I realize there's more to it than just the Heningwrite. One of the distractions that always catches me is any online article about 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Be More Productive. that gets me every time.

Lorraine link
4/24/2015 03:19:01 am

I was just thinking about this and how else to reduce the distractions. Might be the return to paper and pen.

Great distinction you make between avoidance and distraction. Avoidance in itself is a distraction.

Dawn Downey link
4/27/2015 03:40:16 am

Lorraine, If you're successful in reducing the distractions, I hope you'll share that information with the rest of us! I use paper and pen sometimes. Sometimes picking up the laptop seems like too much work. And sometimes typing doesn't feel exactly like writing. Sometimes it seems easier to be vulnerable with pen and paper than with keyboard. I think maybe my hands associate typing with office work, and associate pen and paper with letter-writing. Memos and reports vs personal letters. Have you ever sensed that distinction?


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