We have optimized the world to be seasonally agnostic. We have strawberries in January, light at 2:00 AM, and “Quarterly Growth” targets that must always point up. We treat ourselves like machines that should be at peak performance 365 days a year. But as any editor knows, a story that is all climax is exhausting. For a narrative to work, it needs “The Lull.” 1. The Myth of Constant Productivity In the gardening world, they understand “The Fallow Year”—a year where you plant nothing so the soil can regain its nutrients. In our careers, we view a fallow period as a “gap in the resume” or a sign of failure.…