This is the last week of summer for most folks. Actually, with the change in the school year in so many places, summer may technically be over for lots of you. But, if you don’t have kids or they haven’t gone back to school yet, you stil have a few precious days to “waste.”
I encourage “wasting” days–with activities like my last post. Go to a museum, go to a beach and read a really tacky novel, go camping. Just go.
These little escapes can really recharge your batteries and make you a better, happier creative. Definitely a more productive one. And the one other benefit is that the phone seems more likely to ring when you aren’t there to answer it. So, if you go “waste” a day, do NOT forward your phone to your cell and/or turn off your cell. The chances that you will actually lose a worthwhile project by not answering or returning a call immediately are extremely small. Check voicemail once a day, at the end of the day, and return the calls only if absolutely urgent.
You owe this to you and your creative work. Do it.
Don’t make me beat you. 😉