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82 Things To Do Instead Of Writing

Writers have to take breaks too.

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82 Things To Do Instead Of Writing
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Writing can be a passion and a career for a lot of people, but there are times where you just don't want to write. Here are some activities that you can do instead of writing.

1. Snuggle with your animal.

2. Try to keep the animal from escaping your snuggles.

3. Avoid getting scratched, bitten or clawed at by your animal.

4.Watch Television.

5. Ask yourself why you aren't a star of your own television show.

6. Stare at the perfect body of the main character.

7. Look at your voluminous body.

8. Cry.

9. Read a book.

10. Walk on your hands.

11. Bite the dust and cry.

12. Practice an instrument.

13. Realize that you aren't a musician.

14. Listen to music.

15. Gets inspiration for a new story.

16. Stares at the wall.

17.Continue to listen to music.

18.Sing.

19. Take a shower.

20. Realize your shower head isn't a good audience.

21. Sit in silence.

22. Go to the gym to exercise.

23. Eat extra french fries.

24. Breathe.

25. Use your inhaler because of shortness of breath.

26. Figure out ways to breathe easier through natural medicine.

27. Clean.

28.Find something shiny.

29.Play with it.

30. Continue to clean.

31. Get distracted by toys you haven't seen in a long time.

32. Realize why it was lost in the first place.

33. Clean your car.

34. Realize where half your closet ended up.

35. Think about the amount of laundry you now have to do.

36. Do the laundry.

37. Leave it in the basket until you want to fold it.

38. Scroll through Facebook.

39. Look at your Facebook friends leading seemingly perfect/terrible lives.

40. Research memes.

41. Find a revolutionary war meme.

42. Read George Washington's snarky remarks.

43. Laugh at a meme.

44. Save meme.

45. Send to your fiance.

46. Text your fiance.

47. Realize how much you can't wait for him/her to get home from work.

48. Start thinking about dinner.

49. Realize there isn't any food in the house.

50. Scroll through Buzzfeed's Tasty.

51. Find a vegetarian recipe.

52. Go to the supermarket.

53.Shop your heart out.

54. Pay for food.

55. Realize how broke you are.

56. Start a budgeting plan.

57. Wait for a paycheck.

58. Don't follow the budgeting plan.

59. Buy yourself a coffee.

60. Regret buying an overpriced coffee.

61. Drink it regretfully.

62. Think about buying Chinese food.

63. Go and buy your favorite Chinese food.

64. Think about college classes you need to take.

65. Search through the class catalog.

66. Think about how much money you are spending on an education.

67. Cry.

68. Daydream about life after college.

69. Daydream about your perfect life.

70. Look through pet adoption websites.

71. Think of a name for your future pets.

72. Check your job schedule.

73. Debate on calling in personal because of exhaustion.

74. Don't call out because of money.

75. Drink two shots of espresso because of exhaustion.

76. Sit down to lower your heart rate.

77. Regret drinking espresso.

78. Think about how much you have to do.

79. Stress out about the workload.

80. Scroll through Instagram.

81. Scroll through photos to post on your Author's page.

82. Think of ways to get out of writing an article.


Now that this is all written down, I would suggest trying some of these out.

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