Worse than Cleaning the Cat Box

Here's another exercise from the Writing Fix.

"What's a daily activity you must do that's not one of your favorite activities? Be specific. Once you have it, write a piece called 'Ten things that are worse than [whatever activity you thought of].'"

Ten things that are worse than cleaning the cat box:

  1. Mowing the lawn on a hot, humid day.
  2. Sleeping on a blistering sunburn.
  3. Discovering the car won't start.
  4. Filling out tax forms.
  5. Trying to shake a cough after a bad head cold.
  6. Discovering a clogged toilet after company departs.
  7. Recovering after having wisdom teeth pulled out.
  8. Getting side-swiped on my way home from work.
  9. Never hearing any word, not even the briefest salutation, from my stepbrother, in spite of my own attempts to keep in touch.
  10. Receiving a phone call about a family emergency.


by Christy Devonport


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