Word Counting Exercise 1

Today we did a word counting mindfulness exercise, where we counted the number of words in a paragraph or two. We did the first exercise for five minutes, and I barely made it through two times. I don't remember any of the numbers I counted up to. The second time we did it for six minutes, and I had much better results. I made it through twice and then nearly a third time. I counted 164 words first and 168 words the second time, which leads me to believe that I was fairly accurate.

The book I counted from was The Complete Book of Drawing Techniques, By Peter Stanyer
My actual word count is this:  168. I made this count after reflecting on the process.

I really enjoyed the process because I had to concentrate, which is the point. And while I was doing it I "went away," as indicated by my counting. But I did feel a little anxiety in having to get the numbers right!