A few weeks ago, I had a whole day, one whole day, when there was nothing on my schedule. No deadlines until September.
I kept staring at the calendar in disbelief. No deadlines. How is that even possible? And I thought, I must enjoy this day, because I know I’m supposed to hear back from at least five editors on assignments with short deadlines and I’m not going to see an empty calendar for weeks.
It was a strange feeling, I’ll admit. I haven’t had a free calendar in months. But no deadlines was a good thing in this particular instance. Work was coming, but it hadn’t yet arrived. Rest without worry, I said to myself. The next day or two is yours to enjoy. Do some creative work. This won’t last long.
Sure enough, not twenty-four hours had passed when the e-mails started rolling in. Within hours, three new assignments had landed on my desk.
I took the weekend off before starting on them.
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