A habit, not a hair shirt

These days we all know about the ‘s’ word. ‘Should’. As soon as we hear ourselves say it, we grin, half-apologetically, shrug maybe. We know that ‘want to’ ‘need to’ ‘long to’ are more PC in this self-developing world. Certainly if ‘should’ is accompanied by a sense of dread, or anxiety or blockage, it pretty clear indicates a sub-text of ‘I reallly DON’T want to’.

I don’t want writing to be a ‘should’ in that sense. Some kind of penance, an obligation. I want it to be a happy habit, a joyous high point of every day. Keenly anticipated.

Now, how can I make it thus?

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