Whenever I find myself looking up the meaning of words that happen to resonate at any particular moment, I know it’s time to pause & reassess my situation.

For example, I was wondering about the origin of relax.

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin relaxare, from re- + laxare to loosen, from laxus loose — more at SLACK

Yeah, you guessed it—I’m at that point in my independent author odyssey where I could use some serious emotional loosening.

The worst part is that I almost wish I had a demanding but understanding boss to say, “Listen, you’ve been busting it on this project for a good while. Do everybody a favor & take a day off & go for a hike or something, will you?”

So, maybe it’s time for that staycation I’ve been thinking about—a daycation maybe since I got that one thing to check on, you know. Otherwise, I’m good . . . honest.

Till next time,

Drew