I’m an unemployed self-published author.

Okay, I’m only unemployed by choice and it’s only for a week. But I did leave Amazon working there after almost 9 years. That was pretty big. And I am a self-published author and decided to take this “week off” to give my labor of love some long overdue attention and to get back into my second novel.

BTW, Super-Borg Dies is on sale right now.

Where has the year gone? April is almost over, which means 1/3 of the year is over! I ended 2020 on an oddly productive streak, thinking that 2021 would be even more productive. It hasn’t started turned out that way, so far. Q1 of 2021 was nuts. Just total chaos for me. Not bad chaos, necessarily, but not great chaos. So, how do I decide to deal with that chaos? I quit my job to join a startup, of course. (More on that in the near future.)

With this big change, I’m hoping to do a personal reset. First and foremost, I need to do the things I know I need to to do to take care of myself. For me that means sticking to my schedules - asleep by 11, up by 5, followed by study and exercise - and tracking my calories. I also need to get back into the habit of working on my book every day, even if it’s just an hour. That’s going to be hard starting a new job, but that’s partly why I’m taking this week off, so I can do some planning and preparations.

Wish me luck, and I hope your year is going well.