Wriggling Through By Subtle Manoeuvers

The UK Guardian ran an article about the daily rituals of famous creatives. Morning larks and night owls alike, exercisers and unrepentant louches, those with day jobs and those without, each had in common a daily iron-clad ritual.

I dream that someday I shall be free of working and able to write. Many of literature's finest wrote in spite of other full time employment, and some made the case that their writing came because of full time jobs.

Wallace Stevens, an insurance executive and poet, wrote that "I find that having a job is one of the best things in the world that could happen to me. It introduces discipline and regularity into one's life." Thought provoking. Compelling.

But I think my favorite quote is from Franz Kafka, who also worked in insurance. "Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straight-forward life is not possible, then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvers."

Three cheers for subtle manoeuvers!

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