Some Days just turn into Nothing
It has been "one of those days" where it feels like my head has been filled with soft foamy pellets (probably pink, or maybe pastel blue?) rather than a brain capable of thought, and then turning thought into action.
Ever have one of those days?
One of our northern winter sunsets
I had lots of good intentions for this day, but felt a little fuzzy headed and cotton-woollery, even as I got out of bed. My otherwise excellent cups of coffee did little to cut through the fog.
I sat down to write several times today, but even though I committed lots of words to (electronic) paper, none of it sounded any good.
I ended up laughing at myself for periodically having claimed to "not suffer from writer's block!"
Of course, it wasn't exactly writer's block, it was just having the blahs.
Mrs. Denmarkguy pointed out that we almost never have formal "days off." It's true. Since we operate five microbusinesses between us-- and we're both writers-- there's always something clamoring for our attention.
Made me think about my late stepfather who-- in spite of being somewhat of a workaholic-- would occasionally use the old truism "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."
He was right, of course.
I once heard someone say that when you are self-employed, you get to set your own hours. That's true. We can work any 70 hours a week we choose!
And some days, you just need to tune out, completely.
Sorry for the rather lame post...
How about YOU? Do you work for yourself? Are you ever able to really take time away, or are there always "bits" needing to be done? Do you take regular days off? Leave a comment!
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We retirees never get a day off.
So there ya go... and we probably have a good 15 years to go till we can even pretend to be retired!
I used to claim I worked for myself but after a series of rather unfortunate incidences and lack of sales, I've learned to just rely on the good will of whatever comes my way and not worry about things that much. (At times I'm still fighting slight depression over my lack of productivity, but no worries, it is usually better for me than bliss)
I try to live by the notion that "The Universe Takes Care of its Own" but sometimes that's harder than others... especially when I am looking at a shutoff notice from the electric company!
Oh, that's not good - you have to stop mining bitcoin it takes way too much power, lol. I hope everyone has greater prosperity in the future; I wish the best for you. I've had a run of good luck with things too, so it does tend to even out, but self employment can get tough at times.
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