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need to take a break
A few days ago I read a Huffington Post article about pandemic burnout and a therapist suggested that people should try to identify the biggest things stressing them out and set some limits around them. So I asked my friend the other day if he and I could have a call and sort of help me talk through that exercise, and so we did that last night.
I'm working on a book proposal and it is kind of a drag. Right now I'm in the phase of rewriting and reformatting stuff so it fits in various publishers' templates, which is tedious.
My friend and I talked about when I had last taken something of a vacation (a staycation of course). I haven't really intentionally taken multiple days OFF from work (even if it's unpaid work on the book) since like September, I think. I feel like I tried to take some time off in late December -- I made a vid, after all, so I must not have been trying to do client or book work -- but also that was during the Biden-has-not-yet-been-inaugurated-oh-God-what's-going-to-happen-next political mood which was not particularly conducive to relaxation.
So once I finish and send off this book proposal I'm going to take a week off and, like, make fanvids and read some "I've been meaning to read those for years, I'm sure I'd enjoy them" books, like Max Gladstone's Craft series and/or Becky Chambers's books. Maybe binge-watch a TV show.
Cirbus advises her patients to first identify the things stressing them out the most — maybe it’s the news, a job, or toxic convos with a friend — and make a plan to address them and set some healthy boundaries. From there, she recommends focusing on one or two things a day that you can accomplish.
I'm working on a book proposal and it is kind of a drag. Right now I'm in the phase of rewriting and reformatting stuff so it fits in various publishers' templates, which is tedious.
My friend and I talked about when I had last taken something of a vacation (a staycation of course). I haven't really intentionally taken multiple days OFF from work (even if it's unpaid work on the book) since like September, I think. I feel like I tried to take some time off in late December -- I made a vid, after all, so I must not have been trying to do client or book work -- but also that was during the Biden-has-not-yet-been-inaugurated-oh-God-what's-going-to-happen-next political mood which was not particularly conducive to relaxation.
So once I finish and send off this book proposal I'm going to take a week off and, like, make fanvids and read some "I've been meaning to read those for years, I'm sure I'd enjoy them" books, like Max Gladstone's Craft series and/or Becky Chambers's books. Maybe binge-watch a TV show.