As I prepare to expand my writing horizons with a new blog, here’s another “blast from the past” post from my original marathon training blog!
Alas, this one shows just how weak-willed I can be. Sometimes, when the flapjack calls, I just have to answer.
These are the very habits I’m hoping to break, actually!
But, here’s another oldie but goodie from January 2006.
Pancakes
January 10th, 2006 at 8:41am
Well, getting to the gym sort of fell through.
I went for pancakes with my mother instead. The call of the flapjack was just a little stronger than the call of the leg press.
Or maybe it was just that my mom was driving, and she didn’t feel like dropping me off at the gym.
“You’re wasting away! Here, let’s go eat pancakes.”
I could have struggled. I could have fought. I could have hurled myself from the moving car and out onto the six-lane highway. I could have dodged and weaved through traffic and ran to the gym screaming “Blessed weights, I come for you!”
Instead, I sat in a booth and and shoveled a plate full of buttermilk pancakes into my mouth.
All hail the flapjack, covered in butter and maple syrup with a tall glass of ice cold milk on the side.
There you have it! My breakfast food addiction in black and white. Being gluten-free has helped me cut down the amount of IHOP runs to zero, but I still struggle with will-power.
See you next time! I hope to launch “The Writer’s Fitness Plan” within the next week.
In the meantime, you can follow my rambling here (this blog isn’t going anywhere) and find me writing “How To” articles at ComputerGeeks2Go!
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First of all I would like to say excellent blog! I had a quick question which I’d like to ask if you do not mind. I was curious to find out how you center yourself and clear your head prior to writing. I have had a difficult time clearing my thoughts in getting my thoughts out there. I truly do enjoy writing however it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes are usually lost just trying to figure out how to begin. Any recommendations or hints? Thanks!
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Whenever my “writer” brain needs a good poke with a sharp stick, I start by writing just anything. Usually “Why did the chicken cross the road?” (Then I free-write.) After a paragraph or two, my brain get’s the message “oh! We’re’ writing now!” and kicks in. Some days are better than others, but I believe it was Nora Roberts who said, “You can’t fix a blank page.”
So I try to not ever have one! If I look at it the next day and it sucks, I get to work fixing it!
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