Are Taking Breaks A Good Thing?
Monday, November 13, 2006
Last Thursday, in the midst of all the chaos that is my life, I took some time off. I spent the day doing non-writing, non-mommy things. On Friday, I left for a Convention for teenagers that I volunteer with every week. Picture it. Five girls ages twelve to twenty in a van with two adults, ages 38 and 50. Whew. I'm just glad I made it home alive.Six hours of driving, several cups of coffee and late nights later, I managed to get myself a little "cold".
Now I'm kicking myself for taking a "break" from writing.
However, I know that taking a break is necessary for writers. Or Mommys for that matter.
Questions swirl around my head. "How long of a break? How much is too much? When do I know I'm not "taking a break" I'm stagnating?"
Maybe I'm the only one who worries about this stuff.
My question is this. Do you know how long to take a break?
Posted at 6:27 PM by Jennifer McKenzie
3 Comments:
If I break for more than a few hours, I'm feeling guilty. A morning out of the house, and I'm going through withdrawals.
A long vacation... Probably wouldn't be safe with me. ;)
Hope you're feeling better! HUGS
I break when I need to and when I'm not on deadline. However, I never break long because I'm just a little OCD with my writing.
Feel better soon, hon!
I tend to break more often than is really necessary, and take way too long to get back to work.
I'm working on it...
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