Dan Bashara and I were talking. We had to admit to being grateful for being under-employed. Every day, I say to myself, "that's $60 or that's $80. Pretty soon, I will have paid for one night at the beach!" I am trying to be a little less compulsive this time, not really keeping track of how many essays I am rating per hour, just focusing on each one as I do it. This is a hard thing for me, like meditating. I am constantly drifting off into thinking about what I need to do for dinner...or something else. Then I have to go back and re-read the essay, which cuts down on my productivity.