Six months of the full-time life.

[seanan_mcguire]

As of today, it has been six months since I quit my day job to become a full-time writer.

In those six months, I have traveled all over the country; I have seen and spent time with friends I hadn't really spent time with in years; I have finished writing multiple books; I have made word count more days than not; and I have slept. I have actually

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[ext_2198037]

I'm so happy for you. You were working way too hard and it's awesome that you can now work on just writing & music, and related projects, without having to also commute to and suffer through a day job.

ALSO SLEEP. Sleep is so important.

[seanan_mcguire]

America: where you can work yourself to death for the sake of having health care, which you'll need, because you'll have crashed your health completely.

[faecat]

So happy for you!! Those huge life changes can be scary, and it's always amazing when they work out even better than you hoped.

[seanan_mcguire]

Yes!

[seanan_mcguire]

Sleep is just amazing. I cannot imagine going back to doing without it.

[polyfrog]

Often, one doesn't realize what a drain poor sleep is on everything until you get some good sleep. I'm so happy for you.

[seanan_mcguire]

Thank you!

[wrenb]

I'm so glad to hear this! We *can* function on short or uninterrupted sleep for years at a time, but life is so much better with sleep.

[seanan_mcguire]

Yesssssss.