{"id":559,"date":"2009-06-22T01:05:26","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T01:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/06\/22\/90-of-the-work-in-10-of-the-time\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:26","slug":"90-of-the-work-in-10-of-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2009\/06\/22\/90-of-the-work-in-10-of-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"90% of the work in 10% of the time&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am still trying to figure out how this always happens.  I have four doctor appointments, an interview to transcribe (ugh!), several reviews to write, a feature to craft, a half dozen books to read, a comic book script to produce, an agents&#8217; conference to attend, a new column to compose plus the creation of numerous smaller things all by the first.<\/p>\n<p>How does this always happen?  The first two+ weeks were relatively serene. I enjoyed ballgames, played with the dog, and relaxed in the leisure that was my life.<\/p>\n<p>Well not now.  Tomorrow I hit the ground running.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, how else am I suppose to enjoy the first two weeks of July?  I&#8217;ll have baseball games to enjoy, a dog to play with, and some serious leisure time.  Well until the deadlines, as they inevitably do, come barreling in and the last two weeks are an action packed frenzy of creativity.<\/p>\n<p>This is my way of saying, I&#8217;ll be keeping my head down for the next two weeks or so.  Unless something&#8230; ooo.. shiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am still trying to figure out how this always happens. 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