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      1. 1. A hopeful series of tweets for all you procrastinators out there. (Don’t look over your shoulder; you know who you are.)
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      2. I had been procrastinating for a few days about writing part of a writing rubric for students. (Ironic, I know.)
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    3. All the usual suspects were at play: distraction, perfectionism, etc. The why’s aren’t important here; the point is I wouldn’t start.
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      4. So I finally just set a timer (h/t @nmhouston) to work on it for 15 minutes at a time, interspersed with 3 minute breaks.
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        5. Roughly 45 minutes later I had a serviceable draft that I flung at the Internet. gist.github.com/wcaleb/6e4463823c1f20dbc865
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          6. Roughly 45 seconds after that, I was getting brilliant, helpful feedback from @JennBinis @JennBinis/697151516621144064
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            7. Moral of the story if you’re putting something off: just get something out there, anything. Start. Share. Jumpstart again. It will be ok.
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