With K out at her course, tonight is supposed to be a night of getting on with writing - but as usual I manage to find ways of procrastinating. I have dinner, read technology blogs like Engadget and Gizmodo obsessively and even start listening to the nerdtastic (but actually quite enjoyable) Engadget podcast, picking up knowledge for my self-education based 'other' blog. But it's still not writing.
Just before University Challenge starts, mum calls and we chat for a while about Christmas plans and various other things meaning that I need to watch the show on iPlayer at 9. It's good being able to pause it while I record the answers I've got correct, but having more to write up just leads to more procrastination and I don't get round to typing anything more before K eventually gets home. She's had a fairly horrendous tube ride back from East Finchley and so we chill out in front of the TV for the rest of the evening. It's frustrating to know that I haven't got anything done when I've actually put aside time to do so - but I'm a firm believer in the fact that creativity can't be forced and that if the mood's not there it's just not there. Successful writers would probably tell me that it can in fact be forced - and must be. Must try harder.
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