We do not plan. Having to shop for dinner comes as a surprise every day. Likewise, having to pay bills at the end of every month. Had it not been for some sporadic payments made into my account, such as rights fees, book club sales or a minor amount from schoolbook publications or, as this autumn, the second instalment of some foreign income I had forgotten, things would have gone seriously wrong. However, this constant improvisation increases the significance of the moment, which of course then becomes extremely eventful since nothing about it is automatic, and if our lives feel good, which
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