“I felt wrung out, empty, and sad.”

Henrik Karlsson reflects on his first year of writing full time:

The main thing I remember, looking back, is how tired I was for the first three months after I quit my job. All through December, January, and February, I felt wrung out, empty, and sad. This came as a bit of a surprise to me. I had expected to be filled with energy now that I had reached my goal and finally had plenty of time to work on my projects.

My own experience of setting down my keyboard was similar.