{"id":281,"date":"2003-07-28T14:19:39","date_gmt":"2003-07-28T19:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinepage.com\/wp\/2003\/07\/28\/105941698655323031\/"},"modified":"2003-07-28T14:19:39","modified_gmt":"2003-07-28T19:19:39","slug":"105941698655323031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/28\/105941698655323031\/","title":{"rendered":"105941698655323031"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Martine&rsquo;s routine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I wake every morning at 7am. I make coffee and sit down with my boyfriend for a proper breakfast of yogurt and granola and fruit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdSo what are you doing today?\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd he asks.<\/p>\n<p>This can be a daunting question for any freelancer. \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdI\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdm going to write,\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd I say proudly.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nMy boyfriend slurps the last of his coffee and looks at his watch. \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdI gotta go,\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd he says, heading for the door. \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdHave a good day!\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd <\/p>\n<p>For the next nine hours, anything is possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themorningnews.org\/archives\/editorial\/the_key_to_a_successful_freelance_career_a_diary.php\">The Key to a Successful Freelance Career: A Diary<\/a>, by Sarah Hepola. (linked via <a href=\"http:\/\/thisboyistoast.nu\/2003_07_01_blogchive.php#105914634582156121\">This Boy is Toast<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I recognized myself a lot in this funny article about the life of a freelance writer (except maybe for the fact that the television is not a temptation for me during the day, and I have only had one daytime glass of wine so far. So far&#8230;). I also do the same as this writer when my beau comes back &laquo; home &raquo; from work: I talk his ears off because he is often the only person I have talked to for a whole day. It lasts 10 minutes and then it&rsquo;s his turn and then we both crash on the couch, dizzy with words and company. A few minutes later we talk about dinner, and we often end up eating out, because, well, by then, it&rsquo;s kind of late and I haven&rsquo;t been out all day. It&rsquo;s fun! You should all try it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Martine&rsquo;s routine I wake every morning at 7am. I make coffee and sit down with my boyfriend for a proper breakfast of yogurt and granola and fruit. \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdSo what are you doing today?\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd he asks. This can be a daunting question for any freelancer. \u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdI\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdm going to write,\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bd I say proudly. [&#8230;] My boyfriend slurps&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/28\/105941698655323031\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">105941698655323031<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}