Tennessee WilliamsWhen I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.
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When people are not productive, they are living an existence that is posthumous. They are only really alive when they are working. This is because when you are planning out your day, you are planning out your life. When you finish a page of a book, you have completed a chapter of your life. When you finish writing a story or a poem, you have finished a portion of your life's work.
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