《Shed That Guilt! Doubl Your Productivity Overnight 》作者：- Michael Swanwi.

zaq

Short Story: Shed that Guilt Double Your Productivity Overnight by Michael Swanwick andEileen Gunn The figure of the sin eater is fairly common in myth and lore. But how about a guilt eater Butwait Theres more Dear Sirs: Ordinarily I would not respond to an email such as yours. I am by nature a skeptic and as aformer advertising writer consider myself well able to resist the transparent come-on of acarelessly written appeal to my baser nature. Today however... Today I found myself wracked with guilt at how much time I spend goofing around. Sunday is theend of my work-week and as usual all the chickens came home to roost: I absolutely had to geta story finished and sent off. And I did. I didnt do much of anything else: just worry andplot and write all day long. I didnt even call in a pizza. Fortunately I keep on hand anadequate supply of snickerdoodles a nutritionally perfect source of carbs fats and cinnamonthat will keep anxiety at bay for up to twenty-four hours. But now sitting here at midnight amid crumpled manuscript pages and snickerdoodle crumbs Ifeel there must be a better way. And your email which promises I could be lounging about on Sundays taking the day off doingthe crossword puzzle and idly staring at things without thinking of them certainly caught myeye. Can you really reduce my guilt to nothing as your email claims Is your service worth itsunnamed but undoubtedly exorbitant cost Warily Eileen Gunn Dear Ms. Gunn: Every word in our ad is true For very reasonable rates our organization will take on yourguilt for a day a weekend or even a month-long vacation You may be especially interested in ourSunday subscription a perennial bestseller among writers. Heres how it works: Go to our Ratespage and click on the service that best suits your needs and