What do you do to avoid writing? Is it something otherwise
constructive, like cleaning the oven or mopping all of the floors? Or is it
totally wasteful, like spending an hour playing Bejeweled on your phone, like I did today? I had intended to work on the final edit for one of my job memoir pieces, but instead, I
took out my phone and started playing the totally addictive Bejeweled. Moving
the differently colored shapes into groups of three to make them disappear and
new arrangements to show up—why is that so addictive for me? Is it satisfying
the visual part of my brain? Is it merely giving me something to feel good
about as the groups of three, or sometimes four or even five, jewels disappear
and new patterns emerge—and the points on the scoreboard mount? I began to
wonder how the game algorithm worked. As I scored more points, was the game
programmed to keep me playing, was it harder to leave when new patterns kept appearing?
When I reached 1,389,950, I stopped. The writing part of my brain woke up and pulled me
away to write this slice of life.
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I TOTALLY understand. I wrote something similar a few weeks ago. I now have my games all in one box on my phone, and the box is labeld, "write instead." Glad you woke up and realized the time that had gone by!
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