My to-do list for an anxious morning

How I find more writing work when I REALLY need it.

I woke up the other day with a gasp and a tight feeling in my chest. I grabbed my phone and looked at my emails. Nothing urgent. I made coffee and sat down with my notebook to make a to-do list, and I drew a blank.

I’m sitting in an apartment that is not my own, in a town I don’t know, and nothing is familiar—except the early morning anxiety. I know thi…