Try This! - Write About How Much You Are Not Writing

By Christopher Lehman

I do not mean to cast aspersions, but I’m highly suspect of people who say they write all the time.

While I try to write all the time, most of the time I spend “writing” is actually time spent doing anything but that. Anything but. 

Anything.

Writing can be so much fun. 

Writing can also feel like so much work (and anyone who tells you otherwise you should also be highly suspect of while attempting to not cast aspersions).

I realize that for me, and maybe you, while I’m not actually writing I am often still thinking about writing. In fact, I think about what I could write about all day long, almost every day.  I can write draft after draft in my head or come up with a long list of really great writing ideas. I just don’t write it down that much.

I invite you to join me in writing about how much you are not writing. For example, you might do what I just did and record all of the things you are thinking and doing while you are avoiding actually writing anything down. I made this list (the one with the cheese quesadilla) while not writing this notebook post for Amy LV (sorry Amy).

Click to Enlarge this Procrastinating Notebook Page

Christopher Lehman is an educator, author of several books for teachers, and Founding Director of The Educator Collaborative. Find him on Twitter at @iChrisLehman.

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