It’s been a couple of weeks since my last post. After a hectic first week of April, I took last week off to visit family in France and recharge my batteries.
I previously mentioned that this time of year is, without question, the busiest period for anyone involved in business finance. Many businesses align their own “year-end” with the conclusion of the tax year, and the end of a financial year not only signifies the close of the current year but also involves planning for the upcoming year. This entails setting budgets, reviewing salaries, and more.
A break from work was definitely needed. I don’t always get one because it largely depends on when Easter falls. But Easter is very late this year—so late that it occurs at the end of the school holidays rather than in the middle, where it usually is. Some years, I receive a break before the “year-end” to prepare for it. Some years, I only have the two Bank Holidays because I can’t make the dates work.
But this year the dates worked out well, and I managed to complete my year-end procedures in good time before taking my break.
I used the break to work more on “A Healing Love. ” The manuscript is now at 180,000 words, and I have just two chapters left to write. I know almost exactly what I want to express in these final chapters, but I struggle to sit down and actually write them. These chapters are going to be emotionally challenging to complete.
Of course, once I have forced myself to write these two chapters and complete the book, the editing process begins. Not a task I usually look forward to, but, strangely, I am looking forward to it this time. I don’t know why. But I am.
