Deadlines, documents and word counts have been the common theme for over a week.
The idea of going gently into 2025 was but a dream…
Although I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world (Except for unlimited Coffee + Krispy Kreme’s for life…maybe)
My editor has vanished, well not vanished but taken a well-deserved holiday for putting up with my shenanigans in 2024.
I’ve had to become a mega-hermit and block out everything and everyone, I mean. When you’ve got a mission in place. An end goal. You don’t just allow anything or anyone to get in your way from achieving it.
Yeah, you’re gonna get people who don’t understand and call you selfish. Which is cool.
Years ago I would’ve tried to be that type of people pleaser who’d want to make sure I manage their feelings on the subject.
Now. I don’t care one bit. This always-on, always-available and emotionally justifiable world we live in seems to get worse every year. Which to me is nuts.
Which gets me to the point of this email today…
Protecting your peace while working on your goals, dreams etc. You’re only alive on this spinning rock for a finite amount of time and you need to make sure you live your life on your terms.
(Woah this is getting a lot more inspirational and serious than in most of my writing…)
There’s been way too much chaos being swirled around and spat out for everyone to see and in 2025, I’m not about that life. I don’t think anyone’s gonna be about that life.
My mode has been switched to: Serious.
Things need to get done.
Squirrels need to be monitored…
Stephen Walker
P.S. This set has been keeping me going while I’m pounding away at the keyboard. I’ve gone from writing 20k+ words, down to editing it to less than 12k…
P.P.S. I’m about 1 cup of coffee away from transforming into a gelatinous flesh-vessel of pure caffeine.
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