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Procrastination will always find an outlet.

You've turned all that off then focused on writing a piece about turning things off - so another outlet appeared almost instantly.

Embrace it - there is probably a reason you are not ready to do the thing you are running away from - you've probably not finished figuring it all out.

The time spent writing that would have likely been better deployed meditating or walking.

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But the writing IS the meditation.. And you can write while you meditate.

There's definitely a possibility for overlap between writing and mindfulness meditation, but not all writing is meditation. If you're seeing this as a way to multi-task, that's definitely not mindful, and it doesn't fit into any of the other forms of meditation I know of.

I write, meditate, and walk. Each has its role; there is a time for each. Why are we so critical of the way the author chooses to spend his time?

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