Begin, as always, with a pristine sheet of paper. Smooth away its imaginary wrinkles. Wipe away all the imaginary dust. Roll your forearms back and forth to make sure your wrists and fingers are relaxed. Then take up your pen and write the letters of the alphabet down the left hand size of the page. One letter per line. A to Z.
Then think about your day. Your whole big day. Everything you’ve done so far, everything you’ve seen, the places you’ve been. All that you’ve procrastinated, all that you’ve forgotten. Think about what’s yet to come in this day, what you could do without, what you are looking forward to. What will be satisfying? What will boring? What people pass through? Continue…