Zero Days, And The Necessity thereof

I read this Tumblr post on Pinterest yesterday morning. Someone was trying to be motivating, starting with ‘Never have a zero day; read one page, or write one line’ etc etc.

And I was like, You know what? Screw this. I’m having a zero day.

It’s been a busy term (term three seems to always be busiest at this school), and our family has had an unusually proportion of Very Emotionally Intense Events throughout August/September.

And then I had a major editing project that I was already l...