I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I have worked in for years and years. It is just as much an office as a bedroom, and during the day, my bed is rather like an extension of my desk.
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If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.
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