The Battle Against Procrastination - Tip Number One

Something I have discovered with my writing lately is that, after a long, long day sitting behind my desk in my day job, I absolutely cannot sit down at home, open my manuscript, and type away at the keyboard. My brain cannot, will not function. It point blank refuses. Procrastination steps in and takes control until I find myself curled up in bed without so much as a scrap of writing to my name. I have tried many, many things to combat this, and very few things seem to work. Going for a walk would be good, I suppose, except that I do not wander the streets once it gets dark, which it invariably is by the time I get home. After much searching I have found a task which lifts my spirits and helps me rediscover my energy and brain power. This is the much maligned activity of dancing around the house like a lunatic. Half an hour of vigorous toe-tapping and butt-wiggling sets me straight and lets me concentrate for the rest of the evening (with a break or two thrown in every now and then).

There is no song in the world that lifts my spirits and gets me dancing around the house like a maniac so much as the song "Don't Stop Me Now", by Queen (a fact which no doubt my neighbours can attest to).

Haven't heard it? Take a listen and I challenge you to remain stoic throughout this song:



Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time
I feel alive and the world it's turning inside out Yeah!
I'm floating around in ecstasy
So don't stop me now don't stop me
'Cause I'm having a good time having a good time

I'm a shooting star leaping through the skies
Like a tiger defying the laws of gravity
I'm a racing car passing by like Lady Godiva
I'm gonna go go go
There's no stopping me

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic man of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)
I don't want to stop at all

I'm a rocket ship on my way to Mars
On a collision course
I am a satellite I'm out of control
I am a sex machine ready to reload
Like an atom bomb about to
Oh oh oh oh oh explode

I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman out of you

Don't stop me don't stop me don't stop me
Hey hey hey!
Don't stop me don't stop me
Ooh ooh ooh (I like it)
Don't stop me have a good time good time
Don't stop me don't stop me
Ooh ooh Alright
I'm burning through the skies Yeah!
Two hundred degrees
That's why they call me Mister Fahrenheit
I'm trav'ling at the speed of light
I wanna make a supersonic woman of you

Don't stop me now I'm having such a good time
I'm having a ball don't stop me now
If you wanna have a good time
Just give me a call
Don't stop me now ('Cause I'm having a good time)
Don't stop me now (Yes I'm having a good time)
I don't wanna stop at all

La la la la laaaa
La la la la
La la laa laa laa laaa
La la laa la la la la la laaa hey!!....