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Article: In full view: appreciating life's little moments, one encounter at a time.(Common ground)
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- Black Enterprise
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- December 1, 2003
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Exhaust the little moment.
--Gwendolyn Brooks
I am one of the lucky ones. I work mostly from home, but luckier still: I love what I do. But that doesn't mean it's easy.
A few years ago, I was working on my first book. The effort dominated my time and thoughts every moment for months on end. As my deadline drew closer, my workdays extended well into the nights. Spring stretched into summer, which soon became fall, and I was holed up in my home office so much that I might as well have not been home at all.
On more than one occasion, I sat at my desk with my head in my hands asking myself how I got into this situation, and how in the world ...