What about the work you don’t see me do?
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What about the work you don’t see me do?
"To do the work, we need to rest, to read, to reconnect. It is the invisible labor that makes creative life possible."
In truth, a career as a writer is enjoyable, but also lonely. Tell that to a construction worker, a nurse, a truck driver, and you will likely be mocked. But conceiving of interesting ideas and conveying them in words is intellectually, if not physically, arduous.