Ping when you're winning

I’d like to introduce you to my new friend - and my scrappy handwriting - the new friend is the bell. In a blog wormhole a couple of weeks ago, I came across an anecdote about a writer whose husband bought her a desk bell to ping whenever she had achieved her 1500 word-count for the day. A clever reward - notice, no calories in sight? So I made a mental note to find me a bell of my own, while also wondering, where the hell I would find such a thing? That very weekend I entered a bookstore, and while skimming the stationery section as I went by, was pulled to look bottom right and there it was - in a pretty box, as if just waiting for me to spot it. Rather bemusing to find in a bookshop - and not a hotel front-desk shop. 🤷🏼‍♀️

So here we are, me and the bell. She sits alongside me, like a little friend encouraging me to finish creative tasks I set myself, ready to celebrate with a ping of joy all things well-finished and done well. 🛎

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