Surely there are some days you feel are just perfect days for
\nyou.<\/p>\n
I am no different. I have perfect days. And recently, subscriber
\nBG asked me, “Bob, what does a perfect day for you look like?”<\/p>\n
That’s easy to answer, because I have the scenario of my perfect
\nday well-established in my mind. So here it is.<\/p>\n
To begin with, I wake up very early — around 6:30am — feel full
\nof energy and enthusiasm, and can’t wait to rush downstairs to
\nmy office and get started.<\/p>\n
When I look out the office window onto my acre of woods in the
\nback yard, the usual deer show up and parade slowly by.
\nSometimes a fox or coyote, too.<\/p>\n
It’s raining. The weather is cool. The sky is gray. Cloudy. No sun.<\/p>\n
I open the window a few inches so I can better hear the sound of
\nthe rain as it strikes the leaves on the trees and also enjoy the
\ncool air.<\/p>\n
I have no phone calls scheduled. I have no appointments, which
\nmeans I do not have to leave the house, and I can work on what I
\nwant that day, when I want to.<\/p>\n
I have plenty of deadlines, but nothing due that week, adding
\nanother degree of freedom to my schedule for that day.<\/p>\n
I fire up the CD player so there is music in the background as I
\nwork. I have wide-ranging tastes, so it could be anything from
\nBrahms to Barry Manilow, to John Williams and Wazmo Nariz, to
\nJimmy Smith and Ian Dury.<\/p>\n
There is left-over coffee in the pot, which I microwave,
\neliminating the need for me to brew a fresh pot; I actually
\nprefer the day-old reheated.<\/p>\n
My work schedule is filled with a variety of interesting and fun
\nprojects: copywriting for clients, writing my current book, and
\nworking on my online info marketing business.<\/p>\n
My wife, sons, daughter-in-law, and sister are having relatively
\ngood days with no major problems, and seem happy and in a good
\nmood. No one has a cold, flu, or is otherwise sick.<\/p>\n
There are no headaches that day, such as the internet not working
\nor a shingle blowing off the roof or a tree falling and crushing
\nour fence — which happened recently.<\/p>\n
I have no social engagements, so I can just concentrate on work.
\nI almost never socialize during the work week.<\/p>\n
I work about 11 to 12 hours and knock off at around 6pm EST.<\/p>\n
Then, I read a book and, if someone picked it up from Walgreen’s,
\nthe newspaper … and, if I have it, the latest issue of the New
\nYork Review of Books.<\/p>\n
My wife is either cooking or we have prepared food to heat up —
\nsomething I really like, such as eggplant casserole.<\/p>\n
If there’s a TV show or two my wife enjoys, I sit in the living
\nroom and we watch it together, though I read at the same time.
\nThe Middle was a particular favorite, though it was just
\ncancelled.<\/p>\n
I go to bed early, around 10pm, so I have good energy when I wake
\nup early the next day.<\/p>\n
And that’s my perfect day. What about yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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