It’s funny how things work out sometimes. I got a last-minute invitation to go camping and decided to work my schedule out in order to make that happen. I finished up all of the month’s work early and let everyone know that I would be gone. Then some things happened and the person that I was supposed to go camping with couldn’t go after all. I was bummed out about it for a little while but then I just let it go.
I think that I normally would’ve just returned to my standard routine but I’d already gotten it in my head that I needed this break from the Internet world. So, I decided to keep the computer off even though I was here at home. I didn’t contact my clients to let them know I was around. I didn’t sign back on to my social networking sites. I just pretended that I was still camping.
I managed to get a bunch of projects done around the house that I’d been working on for awhile. More importantly, I feel like the break helped me to get more solidly on track with some of my writing goals. With pen and paper in hand, I mapped out a daily and monthly work schedule that is more in line with my goals for work right now.
I also re-instituted my morning writing routine. I used to haev a solid routine that included some inspirational and educational reading, a little bit of blogging and journaling and some non-writing stuff like yoga. I’d gotten off track with that and was able to resume it in the past week. The lack of computer distractions helped me just sit still and be with myself. All in all, this vacation was good for my writing self even though it wasn’t what I’d planned on.
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