For the last two days at work I've been luxuriating in two stories for my newspaper without a deadline for either one. I've been tracking down my last few interviews and data points and taking my time writing the articles I plan to turn in tomorrow and Thursday. It's been a nice, easy pace for a daily newspaper reporter.
But guess what happened today? Breaking news that I need to respond to quickly.
I'll have to finish one of my stories in progress faster than I'd planned and put the other on hold so that I can pick up on this new news.
I learned a valuable lesson today, which I've learned before and still failed to heed it. I shouldn't take my time on these less timely features that I normally write, because something might come up at the last minute that is extremely timely and eat up all that extra time I had. Maybe this time the lesson will sink in.
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