The Importance of Untouchable Hours

Keep the appointments you make with yourself

Jeannette Goon
Nov 6 · 3 min read

“What are you busy with after this?” he asked. I was out with a friend for dinner and I’d told him that I would have to leave by 9pm.

I’m going home, I told him. Apparently, this was an “unacceptable” reason to end a night out early. “No way, you’re coming out for drinks with me,” he said.

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