Up the STAKES

alking to a writer friend a few years ago, I lamented the difficulty with which I ticked tasks off my to-do list – for no reason other than my own excuses. ‘But,’ I carried on, ‘if I don’t put things on my to-do list, I do whatever it is easily. No procrastination. How does that work?’ She nodded knowingly, as if I’d sparked memories of a past lightbulb moment of hers. ‘I hear you. Sometimes you can create your best work round the back door of your own mind,’ she whispered. Suffice to say, I didn’t know my mind had a back