The rarest and most precious of weekends are those when I have no plans and can spend the entire day however I please. Take today, for instance.
I woke up at 8:30 am and stayed in bed until 9. I sunk into my favorite spot on the living room couch, savored my coffee, and enjoyed the view from my bay window. It was cold outside, but I was nice and warm indoors, sporting my best flannel pajamas. I am about a week behind on the Ultimate Blog Challenge because I had COVID and then a three-day work retreat out of town. I’m sure I won’t catch up to everyone else in the challenge, but I’ll do my best.
With that thought in mind, I sat down at my laptop with my second cup of coffee and started writing seven pages of total crap. Okay – not total crap, but nothing worth posting yet. 🙂
I walked away from those pages and opened another document. I’m taking a writing workshop and wanted to finish providing feedback on another person’s manuscript. After that, I completed my submission for the workshop and sent it out to the group. Needing a little more feedback, I sent my piece to my sister and two good friends for honest reactions and extra support.
Then, I went on to my next writing project—my Trader Joe’s shopping list. Butter chicken and Naan. Sesame seed bagels and lox with the Everything Bagel seasoning. And Hold a Cone ice cream for dessert. It was probably the best thing I wrote all day.
And then, I returned from food shopping with the full intention of getting back to writing. But I cleaned out my email inbox instead. I’m a loyal subscriber to a few dozen newsletters, but I’m no help to their open rate. I ignore so many of their emails that are chock-full of the inspiration and motivation I need to keep going. I dove into my inbox and drowned myself in writing advice.
Now, it is two hours later, and I haven’t written anything else today (except this blog post), but I’m feeling recharged and focused on the tasks at hand. I should really get moving. But I have dinner plans tonight. So stay tuned for another blog post and much more where that came from starting tomorrow. 🙂
I hope you enjoyed your Saturday. 🙂
XO,
Elisa
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January 14, 2023 at 9:36 pm (2 years ago)Elisa, your Saturday sounds wonderful. I hope you’re really feeling well now. I sometimes need a “nothing day” to get my brain back in gear after an illness or emotional events. I love that you said, “I feel recharged and focused…” How great! I have a “nothing day” tomorrow, with only my UBC post to write. And chores. But I can go at my own pace and whimsy until I feel recharged and focused. <3
Elisa
January 16, 2023 at 4:07 pm (2 years ago)I hope you had a great weekend and are recharged now! If not, take another day. We are worth all the self-care that’s available to us. Am I right?!
Lily Leung
January 14, 2023 at 6:41 pm (2 years ago)7 written pages of anything is quite an accomplishment in my books. I haven’t written anything yet. But I had a nice hot soak in the tub and cleaned the downstairs bathroom. I’m sitting in the dark now, tapping out my comment on iPhone. Hope it works.
Elisa
January 16, 2023 at 4:08 pm (2 years ago)Thanks, Lily. I could use a nice bath, but it would mean cleaning my bathroom first. LOL!
Glenda Cates
January 14, 2023 at 6:10 pm (2 years ago)Your Saturday sounds a lot like mine. I woke up at 3am when my husband was leaving for work. Turned on the TV to watch a movie before starting my day. The movie finished and it was only 5am so I decided to watch a second movie. It ended at 7am and I got online to check for messages. Then went through a few emails. My son came down at 9am to make a Pizza and asked me to sit with him and there went the rest of the day as he said we were having a lazy day.
Elisa
January 16, 2023 at 4:09 pm (2 years ago)Love it, Glenda! Sometimes, the slow days are the best days!