It's amazing how a dirty plate can get in the way of writing

Was thinking the other day about how it's amazing the way little things can get in the way of writing. Like if you have a dirty plate on your desk, you might say to yourself, "I'm gonna clean this plate, and then I'm gonna write." But then if you don't clean that plate, you won't end up writing, because first you need to clean the plate!

If the plate was…