feastnesia
/ˌfiːstˈniːʒə/nounVerified NewThe freelancer's short-lived amnesia during busy periods about how lean the next gap will be.
Work floods in, the calendar fills for a quarter, and the emergency fund becomes negotiable. When the famine arrives — it always does — the memory returns, along with a resolution never to do this again that lasts until the next feast.
Etym. — feast + -nesia: feast-time forgetting, the self-employed's seasonal amnesia.
Rel. — netpurgatory
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