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Somehow, I always imagined that being a writer would allow me to spend all my time coming up with ideas and writing juicy stories.

Oh boy, did I get that wrong.

So, after a long day at my day job, juggling numbers, having multiple video calls and trying to calculate everything correctly, I opened my email and…

VAT report? Already?

Alright. Maybe it was two months since the last one.

Short story: I spent a week piecing together all the numbers and trying to correctly enter them into my accounting system (they always tell you these programs are self-explanatory, but that’s not the case). Anyway, I delivered the report about ten days before the deadline.

So yay! One more coffee and back to writing.

But then I opened my other email, and guess what: It’s been three years since I delivered my last tax certificate to Smashwords, so they need me to update the IRS Form W-8BEN.

Uhm, right. How did I do that again? It’s amazing how much you can forget in three years, and what on earth is a TIN number again?

Anyway, I finally got it sorted, and the form will hopefully be approved on my first attempt (fingers crossed).

So, back to writing…..

What was that idea again? I’ve completely forgotten what I was working on.

Right. Anything on Netflix this evening? Oh, it’s already bedtime? Damn…