Short story: 100 words or less
I looked back in my archives and saw that I wrote one of these four years ago, almost to the day. Odd.
It's important for her to keep busy. If she doesn't, her thoughts turn inward to herself too much and she starts to feel like she's losing her mind. Although sometimes she gets motivated to do something, mostly she's uninspired. So she sits on the couch, her hot pad keeping her warm, and she watches her life pass her by, day after day, assuming that everyone else in the world is better adjusted than she is.