Writing / Moment

Prompt 2 - Writing: What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it?

Well, besides the obvious - work takes up so much of my time that it's a little traumatizing - I'd say the biggest impediment to blogging is the TV. I watch a LOT of television/movies/Netflix, but I do it in part to stay culturally aware and therefore (theoretically) come up with new ideas for the blog. Yes, I know I'm rationalizing.

I don't think I could ever give up TV. It calms me down, takes me out of my world for a little bit, and (because the majority of my shows are in the reality genre) reminds me that there are worse people out there. I tried the "no TV before blogging" thing, which was a good idea except that I really do need that decompression time after work. Blogging AT work seems like a much more sound idea.

Prompt 3 - Moment: Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. Describe it in vivid detail (texture, smells, voices, noises, colors).

I have upwellings of intense, positive emotion every so often, where my heart feels like it's so full that it could burst. I remember driving to the City on May 15, utterly exhausted from about 5 hours of sleep the night before, the 9.5-hour drive, and the lack of a cruise control function in the cargo van I was driving (note to self: ALWAYS CHECK FOR CRUISE CONTROL). But when I saw the skyline set against blue sky for the very first time as a new resident... It was like my world had started over. I had been tweeting like mad that day, to keep everyone posted on my road trip and at that point I started texting everyone, I was just so excited. I felt like there was a ray of sunlight beaming right into my chest, and everything was going to be just fine.