I had to edit some text in a Word document for work. This task lackedl a firm deadline so I literally put it off for weeks before I checked in with myself and identified—as I often do—a barely perceptible, difficult to justify sense of dread that kept me from acting.

So reading what @olivia has to say about writing was validating. Here in the Fediverse it seems like all of us are at home composing documents with text editors. But in my decades of professional work—with highly technical people—I've yet to collaborate with someone who shares this disposition.

Anyway, once I guessed that Word itself was the blocker, I took a deep breath and edited the document right in that tool anyway. I think it took two hours. It was on my todo list for weeks!

Here's what Prof. Guest has to say: https://critical.computer/writing/