Write On!

I have been doing a lot of work on the computer lately. I have spent hours putting together lesson plans, worksheets, blog posts, diaries, etc. To say that I have been writing any of these documents would feel strange as I have not touched a pen or pencil to paper. So, I have this collection of “documents” that I have never held or touched.


I am working on my lap top each day because I seem to be melded into the cozy corner of my couch. This computer doesn’t have a printer attached to it. Therefore, the collection of files that have not yet become hard copies grows by the hour. I am sending each of these to my email and Google docs because I sit in grave fear of losing all of this diligent work to what I imagine is the computer land abyss. 


Even though I have taken extra precautions, I feel panicked over the fact that I could open my computer at any time and find my precious creations missing. This is the trial of the OCD person. I guarantee that I have hit the save function twenty times for each document. After I close one, I immediately open it back up to see if it is still there. The stress this causes me is not pleasant. 


I miss the days of filling notebook after notebook with written work. I love the feel paper pages have after they have been written on, the way the lines take on the indentation of the words and thoughts. I find so enjoyable the way the notebook grows in depth after it has been well used. The evidence of work is so clear and so real. Even the task of sharpening the pencil as it wears gives witness to the work being achieved. 


I am not sure what the world will come to with the loss of good old fashioned writing. I do know that I never doodle when composing on the computer. There is not one swirly flower in the margin. I haven’t retraced my name or circled a single thing in all of my recent pages. That cannot be good for me. What is the chance my mind will have an opportunity to wander if I must remained focus on the need to save every other second? I feel my creativity being stifled with just the thought of it! 


It might be a good idea to do a little writing today. Compose a love letter, a chore list, or a workout routine. Write a card of thanks or a little note, just because. Draw a little doodle; give your mind a moment to wander. Day dream and then pen an ode of joy.   Give it a try...write on! Annie