“Sir, congratulations on your retirement. You’ve written only at night so far. As you can work on it during the day, your works will shine more.”
“As I can now see the sunlight while writing, it will definitely shine more than when writing, seeing starlight only. Haha!”
English writer Charles Lamb (1775–1834) retired from the company he had worked for 33 years, receiving congratulations from his colleagues. Because of his family’s financial difficulty, he had to work as an accountant while writing in his spare time, dreaming of a day when he could concentrate on writing. He felt lack of time to read books or write because he was spending most of a day in working. Finally, Charles Lamb was able to do only what he wanted to do with freedom. Three years later, however, he wrote this in a letter to one of his former colleagues.
“It’s much more distressed to be free than working busily. Now I’ve realized that a good idea comes to mind while being busy. Please keep my words in your heart and have busy and rewarding days.”
You may think you can do more things if you have more time, but it doesn’t always seem to be true. And what makes you live busily may actually support your life.