Do you know any writers who spend their holidays writing their next novel? No? I’d be surprised if they did. They are always having to report on their short-term obligations to their bosses.
If you spend your holidays writing your next novel, then you are likely a short-term employee. This is because you are spending your time writing a book that you will put in your short-term personal account. When you are an employee, it is your responsibility to show up for work on a given day, and to show up on time.
Many of the people in our sample who are working on our next novel are the same people who would be expected to write them if they had been writing it. They are both writers and programmers, so they are pretty much interchangeable. If you are writing a novel, it is your responsibility to show up for work on a given day, and to show up on time. If you are writing a movie, it is your responsibility to show up on time.
In the real world, we sometimes make short-term obligations as long-term liabilities. If you are expected to do something, you will usually do it. And yes, this can include things like being required to take a particular test or not show up for work on a given day. The same applies to long-term obligations.
The “shoulds” for long-term obligations are, “I won’t do that,” “I will do that,” “I am not going to do that.” The “shoulds” for short-term obligations are, “I won’t do that,” “I will do that,” “I am not going to do that,” “It is my responsibility.
You should think about what you need to do, and do it. If you need to go to a meeting with your manager, you should make it a point to go. If you want to go to a meeting with your boss, be sure to show up. If you need to go on vacation, plan your trip now. I can tell you what not to do, and what you should do. Do not go to a meeting with your boss or manager.
If you’re a contractor, you don’t get to do that. If you’re a contractor, you don’t have the time or resources to do that. If you’re a contractor, you don’t have the skills to do that. The short-term obligations are those that you are legally obligated to do in a short period of time. The long-term liabilities are those that you want to be held accountable for in a long period of time.
Not only is the short-term obligations a crime, but they do in fact have long-term consequences. For example, if you get a bad day, you end up on a very bad note. If you get a bad day again, you end up on a very bad note. If you get a bad day again, you end up on a very bad note.
You can’t write what you do not want to write. You can’t write what you don’t want to write. Sometimes the only way to actually write anything is to simply get out of the way. As a result, you are always being held accountable for your actions.