Need my bosses to understand I simply can’t write unless I’m in a ~writing mood~
@taylorlorenz Boss: That's fine as long as you are in the writing mood every workday during working hours.

@taylorlorenz *slips over a 5*

How 'bout now?

@taylorlorenz Had a boss that was bothered if I wasn't either typing or on the phone at all moments. No thinking allowed.
@VirginiaSOpossum @taylorlorenz
"I don't pay you to think! I pay you to work!" - Every Incompetent Boss
@taylorlorenz the same with me, but when cleaning the apartment
@Hanseat @taylorlorenz You and I are very different. The only time I clean the apartment is when I'm supposed to write.
@taylorlorenz "Come on Taylor! Make content! There are plenty of AI apps that don't have to be in the mood!"
-Your bosses probably
@taylorlorenz this is such a mood. People, I can’t write 8 hours a day, that’s not how it works…
@taylorlorenz you're not in the mood? well you get in the mood!

@taylorlorenz

If they push you on a bad day, throw some lorem ipsum at them.

@taylorlorenz Really feeling that this day.

@taylorlorenz Substitute 'fight' with 'write':

"Mood? What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting." Gurney Halleck. From Dune by Frank Herbert. #Dune #FrankHerbert 😀 ✍️

@taylorlorenz the beatings will continue until morale improves. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
@taylorlorenz Hey - I’ll write your column if you write my website category pages for automated microscopy 😁 A change is as good as a rest and all that…

@taylorlorenz

Boss: "Hey Taylor, Microsoft invented time travel and is shipping it with the next gen Xbox."

Taylor: "Meh."

Boss: "Samsung phones can pick up extraterrestrial signals."

Taylor: "I've got an iPhone."

Elon: "I'm going to charge 10 cents per quote tweet."

Taylor: "Hey Boss, I've got 50,000 words already and I'm not half way done. Get me coffee, stat!"

😜

@taylorlorenz It's easier for men because we don't have to do it backwards and in high heels...
@taylorlorenz Sometimes a large iced coffee can get me willing to do work. Sometimes not.
@taylorlorenz same, but for me it’s telling people to turn thing off and back on.
@taylorlorenz YES.
Um, unfortunately, I'm self-employed, so I mostly end up angry with myself.