In which I harvest nuts and treat myself to an ice cream after a day of planning and trying to persuade my various activities that they should rub shoulders with each other.

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In which a friend takes me to the Red Cross to unload my books and I return to a spacious hallway and empty shelves. I contemplate how this corresponds to my intention to free up my mind, my time and my writing as well as my physical space.

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In which I take refuge in the bell tower, have a stroke of luck with keys, and determine to take on tomorrow in a more galvanised way.

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In which I acknowledge that I have more work in the early mornings and evenings and decide to have a sleep in the middle of the day, to cook and to eat a solid meal.

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In which I celebrate Leap Year with a rather more relaxed attitude and talk about the idea of project debts – the psychic energy consumed my potential and unfinished projects – and physical decluttering.

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In which I hang out for an ice cream and focus my monkey mind by working alongside a recording of a Verbal to Visual practice session.

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In which I decide to do a thing, embark on it, find I am unprepared but carry on anyway.

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In which I bask in the rain and listen to my brother Michael’s Zoobaloo on Spotify as I work through Doug Neill’s Learn in Public workbook I think about the tricky balance between public and private in my writing life, and admire Kirsten Fogg’s new venture Writer Out of Residence.

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In which I swelter but my sheets are drying well. I talk about missed appointments and mishaps and take note again that I need to create space around the things I do.

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In which I talk about planning and adjusting and finding a simple way to keep track of my projects.

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