The peace of done

Ciaran usually finished work at half 5.

Everyday.

He was Mr. Reliable in this area of his life.

But last night Ciaran finished work at 7 and now he is sleeping soundly, safe in the knowledge that he is done.

He doesn’t have to spend the rest of the evening restless in the uncomfortable limbo of a nearly finished project.

At 5:29pm Ciaran’s anxiety chirped up with:

“What if something comes up first thing in the morning? Where are you going to find the time to finish it?”

There’s a nice peaceful certainty in ‘done’, there’s all sorts of possibilities for derailment in the unfinished state.