Storytime - On Avoiding Writing This Essay

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Stuart

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🗓️ 28 February 2017

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the Wednesday story edition of The OCD Stories podcast. In this storytime edition I read Morgan's OCD story.

Show notes: http://theocdstories.com/podcast/storytime-on-avoiding-writing-this-essay

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Stuart and The OCD Stories team

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to this week's episode of the OCD Stories.com podcast.
0:05.2	Now in this week's story edition, I wanted to read Morgan Rondonnelli's story.
0:09.7	Now, I interviewed Morgan in episode 38 of the podcast, and she kind of allowed me to read her
0:15.0	story on this one.
0:16.6	And if you enjoy her story, I enjoy me reading the story to you, then please go check
0:21.0	out episode 38.
0:22.3	I did with her, I think you'll enjoy it.
0:24.1	She gave some great wisdom and advice that would hopefully help you.
0:29.5	But her story is called On Avoiding Writing This Essay.
0:32.8	Here goes.
0:34.4	It is currently late Saturday night.
0:36.9	10.45pm, to be exact. I'm sitting at the desk in my dorm
0:41.1	room, surrounded by posters and phrases encouraging me to take courage and embrace uncertainty.
0:48.4	I've been reading my medical entomology textbook for the past hour and a half, all the while
0:53.9	with the weight of needing to write
0:55.2	this essay pressing for my attention. So with my medical entomology reading now done, English
1:01.7	reading done, dinner eaten, emails answered, and no longer a strong excuse of something else I could
1:08.4	do first to continue avoiding, Here I am at my computer
1:12.0	at 1049 p.m. I am now trying to force myself to finally start writing this essay I told
1:18.5	myself I would absolutely write yesterday. This is after I told myself I would absolutely write
1:24.7	the essay a week ago. Ode to live a life with OCD and anxiety.
1:30.3	I can remember having OCD my entire life, but I didn't always know a name for it.
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