Prompt: Reasons not to write

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  • I’m out of toilet paper and need to go to the store.

  • This article, “Six Reasons Why Your Home Decor is Dated,” need my attention.

  • I need to reorganize my lingerie drawer.

  • I have calls to make.

  • I have emails to write.

  • I need to finish the Netflix series “100 Years of Solitude.”

  • The world is going to burst into flames so may as well party instead.

  • People need me to help them.

  • I can’t think of anything to write about — how crazy is that?

  • A dog ate my notebook (but I don’t have a dog).

  • An octopus has attached itself to my face.

  • I hear that soon AI will write everything so what’s the point?

  • Nobody cares.

  • I’m afraid.

  • I have nothing to say.

  • I’m closing in on myself.

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