The Dog and the Treadmill: A story about protecting priorities
by Emily Conrad
I am working on a short story to share as part of the series on God's love, which will be taking over this blog next month. I needed to get the first draft done as soon as possible to allow for critiques and revisions, so I've been working on it since December 30th.
But as I wrote toward the goal of finishing the story draft, my dog Luther was striving toward his own set of goals, which work at cross-purposes with mine.
While it's my goal to work on writing, it's his goal to bark at anything that moves outside our windows. While it's my goal to use our walks as a time to think, it's his goal to use our walks as a time to gallivant as far and fast as his four paws will carry him.
In order to accomplish my goals, I needed to do something to distract Luther from his.
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I am working on a short story to share as part of the series on God's love, which will be taking over this blog next month. I needed to get the first draft done as soon as possible to allow for critiques and revisions, so I've been working on it since December 30th.
But as I wrote toward the goal of finishing the story draft, my dog Luther was striving toward his own set of goals, which work at cross-purposes with mine.
While it's my goal to work on writing, it's his goal to bark at anything that moves outside our windows. While it's my goal to use our walks as a time to think, it's his goal to use our walks as a time to gallivant as far and fast as his four paws will carry him.
In order to accomplish my goals, I needed to do something to distract Luther from his.
Read more »
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