- Clean the goddamn apartment. Wipe down the bathrooms. Sweep the floors.
- Do all the laundry. Including the bedsheets. Do it right away after waking up.
- Exercise. Go outside on the trail.
- Eat fried eggs rolled up in lefse with red onion and cheese.
- Finish the Diet Coke.
- Drink lots of water.
- Put all the laundry away while listening to Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert.
- Light a candle and put in on the bedside table next to a fresh lime-flavored sparkling water.
- Leave the computer in the living room.
- Grab a notebook and a pen.
- Sit cross-legged, upright against the clean pillows.
- Have Alexa softly play the How To Train Your Dragon soundtrack.
- Start writing.
- Start by writing what you want. Everything you want. Put it all down until what you didn’t know becomes clear.
- Write more. Draw a diagram. Make a list. Take a sip of water. Think. Write.
- When you come to a stopping point, stop.
- Go outside. Get the mail. Let it simmer.
- Drink more water. That’s important.
- Sleep on it.
- Come back tomorrow.
With Love,
Natalie