Revision is like Moving House

I am in the middle of preparing for a move to a smaller house, so have been busy packing and my writing has slowed to a crawl.

Now that most of the household items are packed, I have come to the conclusion that I should move every 5 years, just so that I am forced to weed out all the unused items over the previous 5 years. Having said that, I am not as bad as the bower bird habits of some people that desperately need help to declutter their lives.

I also realised that preparing to move is a lot like revision of my first drafts.