Mondays Are My Moondays

I know this is incredibly privileged to say, but: I don’t like to work on Mondays.

I can choose not to work because I am incredibly fortunate in so many ways. I am a stay-at-home-mother making a small income from the Danish state as well as from my lovely Members who support this newsletter and Youtube ads and small donations.

Emphasis on small income.

I don’t make nearly enough in order to live off my creative income. The only reason why I can only stay at home with my little son and do my creative work in-between naps, is because my husband is off to work each and every weekday, including Mondays. My husband brings home over 75 % of our shared income, and without him I would not be able to be without a job.

With that out of the way, let me start of by saying:

I remember it well from studying Literature at the University and from working in various Danish publishing houses, which I did till I could no more:

The feeling of dread that usually comes …