Hi Writer,
How’s your week gone? This week was my first as a self-employed freelance writer. I’ve spent it at my husband’s family’s farm in western Massachusetts.
I learned that in self-employment, the days go quickly. Even without the distractions of home and a schedule devoted to working, I rarely completed all that I wanted to each day. But that’s OK because I did enough.
May we all get done today what we must. Let us relish anything more that we accomplish, and accept that we’ll always have something to do tomorrow.
Have a great weekend,
Nick
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