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Cindy House's avatar

My son started at an art high school this month and his days are long. While he's adjusting, I decided I would pick him up every day downtown and save him the long commute home on a city bus, which adds an extra hour to his long day. I've started to bring my laptop and I go early to get a good parking space on the street right in front of his school. I have no internet access and I just write for 45 minutes. I've discovered that I get so much work done. There's a painting class conducted outside right now and I park right next to the teens working at their easels and the school is in an old church- plus it's my alma mater- and there is something about being near those earnest teenagers in front of this school I loved that just works for me. It taps into some part of my brain that is 17 again and so excited to make stuff. Maybe I should go park there in the morning and just write all day in my car.

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Kara Cutruzzula's avatar

This was EXTREMELY helpful to read. I've been Duolingo-ing at night for the past, oh, hundred days, and am now realizing how awake it makes me feel (plus the buzz of ticking something off the mental to-do list) and how it encourages me to spend more time on my phone at night (a habit I'm trying to break). Thank you for this advice!

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