Dear self,

You can always make the choice. 

Make the choice about what you’re going to focus on. 

Instead of focussing on the exquisitely good TV drama you’re binging, focus on on how you’re sat on the couch.

Focus on how long you’ve been there, is it two or three hours? 

Focus on noticing how your mind thinks about that. 

Now focus on the choice you have available to you.

Do you watch another episode? So tempting, I know, because the show is so unbearably good. 

Do you call it a night and make your way to bed, so you can more easily get up early to write and exercise? 

Your partner will be upset because she wants you to keep going, but the upset will only be temporary. 

It doesn’t matter what you do really, except to you. 

No one else cares as much as you do about your life.

You can always make the choice.