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Eva’s Byte #313: Conditioned
Conditioned to shop for groceries every Monday, I’ve also been conditioned to follow the flow of one-way traffic in the supermarket aisles, as designated by arrows taped on the floor. The strips of tape spaced six feet apart in each checkout lane have conditioned me to keep my distance before loading items onto the counter.
All of the parameters put in place to safeguard society during the pandemic have established a confining comfort zone.
Therefore, so conditioned to wheeling my grocery cart up or down a lane in accordance to where the arrows point, I hadn’t noticed at first.
That, in conjunction with the easing of restrictions in accordance with an increase in the population of fully vaccinated—all of the tape had been removed. To be honest, I wish one-way aisle traffic was an on-going store policy because it cuts down on congestion and cross-contamination between people.
Anyway, when it came time for me to check out, I still kept a respectful distance of six feet because old habits die hard, and I’m not ready to throw caution to the wind at a time when variants are making inroads.
In the capacity of a writer, I’ve substantially increased my distance from where I started in my Contemporary work in progress. This week I finished drafting Chapter 73 in Part 4. Unless my inner muse tells me otherwise, I’ve conditioned myself to finish Part 4 at the completion of Chapter 74. From there on out, I’d say only 5 to 10 chapters remain for me to write in Part 5.
Whatever the prevailing set of circumstances, may a positive outlook condition you to venture outside your comfort zone.
*My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
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All of the parameters put in place to safeguard society during the pandemic have established a confining comfort zone.
Therefore, so conditioned to wheeling my grocery cart up or down a lane in accordance to where the arrows point, I hadn’t noticed at first.
That, in conjunction with the easing of restrictions in accordance with an increase in the population of fully vaccinated—all of the tape had been removed. To be honest, I wish one-way aisle traffic was an on-going store policy because it cuts down on congestion and cross-contamination between people.
Anyway, when it came time for me to check out, I still kept a respectful distance of six feet because old habits die hard, and I’m not ready to throw caution to the wind at a time when variants are making inroads.
In the capacity of a writer, I’ve substantially increased my distance from where I started in my Contemporary work in progress. This week I finished drafting Chapter 73 in Part 4. Unless my inner muse tells me otherwise, I’ve conditioned myself to finish Part 4 at the completion of Chapter 74. From there on out, I’d say only 5 to 10 chapters remain for me to write in Part 5.
Whatever the prevailing set of circumstances, may a positive outlook condition you to venture outside your comfort zone.
*My sincere appreciation if you’ve read this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: https://tinyurl.com/yycm7d2w
