Magic Words

I can’t do it today. No, I can’t. I’m too busy and there’s ninety eight other things I have to get done.

Yes, I know you want to, and I need it too. The sun is just right and it’s a perfect day for it. I can smell the flowers already and I won’t even need a jersey. Oh gosh, I wish I could today, but my computer is calling me away.

Away to a world of pings and clicks, of things to do and people to talk with and respond to. There’s whirrs and ting-ting-tings, oh look a new email in my inbox. This person thinks they’d like to work with me – how fun! Oh no, they don’t like this thing that I don’t want to change for anyone, no matter what. Sorry… delete. Oh my, did you see this? 10 new ways to use a can opener. Gosh, I love Buzzfeed. Yes,  I know, here’s a snack, look at the butterfly. I’m going.

Did you have a nice nap? Did you dream about birds and bark? Haha. What are you eating? Hold on, the phone is ringing. Ding, ding, ding, oh hell, I forgot about the post-it note. I must eat something. How is it 2pm already? Where did this day go? I know, I know, I’m coming.

Okay, I’m here.

What are the magic words for today? Oh yes.

“Jake, would you like to go for a walk?” 

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This post is written as part of a collaborative blogging process. Each week, on Wednesdays at 2pm, Dave, Mandy, Brett, Nick, Scott and I publish a post. The same title is shared between us, but we have no sight of each other’s posts until we publish. As Dave says “The point of the exercise is to give a group of writers a title, and then to sit back and watch how their creativity and word skills deliver their very personal interpretations.”

You can read the other collaborators’ blog posts here: