Keyboard Reps

Creativity is kind of a muscle. 

I drove the kid to the community recreation centre this evening and, if only because I pulled a muscle in my back and need to rest it, I brought my computer instead of my own gym gear.

Usually I come to this building to literally work out my body. I run on the track or do some cycling training on the bike, or do a few sets on the weight machines. I’m not claiming to be a gym nut of any kind, but I do a lot of thinking (and even writing) about the work it takes to keep your body—lungs, heart, muscles, and all of it—in shape.

Tonight, I’m sitting here with my computer doing some writing.

I just dropped another five hundred words into my work-in-progress novel.

Now I’m writing this little ditty. 

I’m working out my creativity tonight, doing reps on the keyboard, which is arguably an important part of keeping that kind-of but-not-really a muscle in shape.

I won’t claim to be breaking much of a sweat, but it’s hard work and dedication just the same.