A Busy And Beautiful Summer
Well, well, well, if it isn’t my sworn enemy – summer!
I had to go back through my archives and check because I couldn’t actually remember when the last time I wrote a blog post was – and it turns out it’s almost a month ago! Isn’t it weird how having time off to relax and recuperate actually makes you more busy? I don’t understand how, but this always happens to me. Summer comes along, and I don’t have time for anything anymore…
To be fair, I did have some actual time off in the last month – I spent 5 days in beautiful Bucharest and saw Ice Nine Kills and Five Finger Death Punch in concert, and we did a lot of sightseeing. Romania is gorgeous, and the weather, the beer and the company was great.
But that still leaves 25 days that I don’t really understand what happened to. This year was going to my Year Of A Thousand Projects, where I try to get through a lot of old projects that I have lying around, to whip them into shape, edit them, polish them, query them, and send them to beta readers and editors. And for a while I was doing great! I got through some things and eagerly threw myself over this massive sci-fi thriller that I wrote ages ago, which I just knew was going to take a lot out of me. One of my biggest projects yet, but I had momentum, I was motivated, and I was going to do this!
Now, every time I open it, I barely have time to get through more than a few pages before something else pops up, and I still have 90% of it left to get through. I feel like I’m stuck in a rut, and somehow time is running away from me. It probably doesn’t help that I’m going away again in a few days – to Istanbul, for a whole week! (Not gonna lie, that’s going to be absolutely fantastic though!)
I don’t know what it is about summer, but this always happens. The hours just disappear like sand through my fingers. At least, in that sense I know not to let it worry me. I’ll be back on track soon enough, and I’m sure a break and some time off will do me good! At the same time, I wish it wasn’t necessary. I wish I could keep up my momentum, to keep working and feel like I was achieving things. Because I like feeling like I’m productive and efficient. It feels like it’s worth something. When my motivation and productivity dips, I feel guilty.
What about you? Do you feel like summer gets in the way of your regular schedule and creativity? Do you do anything to adapt, or do you just go with the flow? If you have any advice, I’d love to hear it – let me know in the comments!
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