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Old 10-18-2007, 02:29 PM   #1
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Do your friends and family think you're on drugs?

And I don't mean in the silly "you must crazy to sit in seclusion and write all day" kind of way, but in the "I am genuinely concerned about your well-being" kind of way.

I have a lot on my plate these days. I am taking 18 hours of school this semester, living with my fiancee and helping plan the wedding, working two jobs (one as a writer and another as the editor-in-chief of a magazine), and I'm writing a book. This is a lot of stuff, obviously, and I often have to sacrifice sleep to do the things I love in supplement to the things I have to do.

Of course, this means I consume a lot of caffeine and the occasional ginseng/ginkgo/vitamin B pill cocktail. As a result, my mood shifts often, as I'm either highly alert or totally dead from a caffeine crash. I spend a lot of time alone, too. Some of my friends have actually approached me to have a serious conversation about drug use. I bet one day I'll come home to see my family and friends sitting in my living room, ready to read me several "I miss who you were" letters.
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My family knows I don't do drugs (too old to change now) but there has been worry about my lack of sleep and caffeine use (I was clean from caffeine for 12 days until today!). Like you, very busy, much to do, and little time to do it.

Which reminds me, back to work!
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