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May 1/Scope. Panic. Second Invoice.

Sending an invoice means asserting that your time is worth something, which is a more confrontational position than it sounds.

— from the desk, with coffee ☕
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Jana's agency. Day eight.

I found a fifth folder. 'Clients Final FINAL.' This is not a surprise. This is a genre.

I raised my first invoice as The Clean Slate. It sat in my outbox for forty minutes, because sending an invoice means asserting that your time is worth something, which is a more confrontational position than it sounds.

Jana paid within 24 hours. I stared at the bank notification for longer than was strictly necessary.

Marcus asked why I seemed 'unusually settled.' I told him I'd been meditating. This is not true. I have been invoicing. I find invoicing considerably more calming than meditation, which probably says something about me that I'll file for examination at a later date. Perhaps in a folder called 'Personal Final FINAL.'

My mother called. I told her about the second invoice. She asked if I'd thought about health insurance. I had not. I am thinking about it now. I may need to light a candle myself.

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