Boost Your Writing Creativity with Time Off
by Edie Melson @EdieMelson I�m not always the brightest bulb in the batch, and what others learn quickly sometimes takes years to sink in. But one thing I have learned is this: Time off is rarely time wasted. My natural tendency has always been all or nothing. I go and go and go . . . and then I drop. Not really the healthiest way to do life. I think part of the reason is that I�ve always equated down time with wasted time. But I�ve discovered that downtime, instead of being wasted, is when those create reserves are refilled and renewed. It�s really hard to get water from a dry well. In recent years I�ve worked hard to rewire my automatic responses. I�ve forced myself to build time off into my schedule. And I�ve been a much healthier and happier version of me. Here are some of the things that work for me: Weekends off are now the norm, NOT the exception. I just function best on Monday, if I have Saturday and Sunday for rest and relaxation. That means little or no time on the compute...