Your Turn

One of my friends informed me that I was unusually boring last week.

My first response: "Pfft." My second response: "Of course I'm boring. All I've done this week is work."

Which is true. Only I'm not writing—I'm editing.

On editing.

Part of me hates doing it. It's so much more fun and spontaneous to write. Writing is like cooking: you're creative and throwing things together in a pot, making magic when it all comes out delicious.

However, part of cooking is the clean-up. That's what editing is: cleaning up after yourself. Cleaning up can be meditative and satisfying, in the right mood. It's easy—you know where things are supposed to go so you just put everything in its proper place. It can also be tedious. Hence the reason part of me hates doing it. 

My mood.

I've been trying to look at editing in a more positive light. Why should it be drudgery? It's not—it's the easy part. But still, you have to sit down and just do it, so it makes me seem dull.

Ergo...

It's your week to be entertaining. Tell me something exciting you did. Or—heck—make something up. Our grip on reality is loose here, in case you haven't noticed. Have at it.