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By Me | December 13, 2005

I’M DONE!!!

This morning, I published the final issue of The MicroEnterprise Journal for 2005. From now until next year, no more deadlines or struggling to conduct interviews while bedlam erupts behind me or any of that other wonderful stuff that goes into publishing my newsletter.

Of course, none of this means that I’m actually taking any time off. Over the next three weeks, I’m going to

~ format my hard drive and install a Linux operating system, ridding myself of detestable Windoze and its evil offspring

~ back up my archives onto CD and clean my hard drives of assorted drek

~ finish compositing the novel I’ll be publishing under my Brighid’s Fire Books imprint next June

~ clean my house from top to bottom

~ work on locating half a dozen microbusiness owners around the country to work with me to launch the first six state-specific editions of the Journal, to expand my coverage and grow my readership

~ change all the copyright dates on all my web sites

~ finish refunding all the entry fees from the defunct fiction contest I ran last year and prepare to launch the 2006 contest (hoping for more entries this time)

~ persuade everybody who owes me money to pay me

~ prepare to close my books for 2005

~ unearth the top of my desk.

Hmmm … did I leave anything out?

I know, it sounds awful, but it’s very nice to be able to work on all this stuff without having to interrupt myself to chase down articles for my newsletter every week.

And, of course, there’s also all the holiday stuff that will be happening and that is conspicuously missing from that list. I’m almost finished my shopping, which my children don’t seem to be aware of — they’re still revising their lists on a daily basis. Poor babies.

I’m in a weird space where nobody can seem to touch me. They miss me, I know that. I’ve been in this place before, far away from everything, and I always come back eventually. It’s not a joyful place but it’s a peaceful one, and I need that almost more than I need the joy.

I like this time of year. As crazy as the holidays usually are, I use this time to recharge my batteries.

And I like beginnings. In January, we get to put sucky 2005 to bed and start over again. That appeals to me.

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