He no longer needed to punch a time-card or go to work. He no longer had a boss and was no longer controlled hy anyone. Facing a huge expanse of unstructured time, he noticed: "I began to feel anxious, insecure and afraid. But all of these reactions forced me to become the master of my own life."
直到他辭去工作，成為自由作家，不再需要準時打卡、上班，不再有老闆，不再被任何人宰制，卻必須面對一大片又一大片的空白時間時，他發現：「這時我開始發慌，開始不安，開始恐懼，可是這一切的反應都逼使我漸漸成為自己生活的主人。」