How Do You Even Write At A Time Like This?

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I’m three hours into the working day and every minute of it has been a battle. I do all that healthful morning routine: Morning Pages, meditation, 750 words. I can get through that all right, but then I clear off the desk and sit down to start and suddenly my brain is buffering and I just don’t want to start.

I veer around the work. I’m supposed to be finishing my PhD thesis. I’ve written…