check in before targeted confrontations

check in before targeted confrontations

Ripping out the network cable as on previous weekends turned out to be
a disappointing intervention: there's always some way to waste time
(with FreeCell or paper books or just pacing) if that's what you want
to do.

I'll keep the network off (via software) during focus blocks, but the
intervention that really matters is the focus blocks: to actually
start the timer, and honestly engage with the ms. while the timer is
running. Yesterday I just hung out (book delivery to Valinor, made
another book for Amelia), and I've hung out in the morning today
(after doing a quick dayjob thing), but it's only—it's only a little
bit after noon. There's still time for this to be an honest full
writing day. I've got my scratchers (as a reward when finishing a
block); I've got my mellocreme pumpkins (as a reward when starting a
block). All I have to do is—start the timer. And be brave enough to
accept what that implies.