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Weekend Update
Apr. 25th, 2015 08:46 amAnother week over, and here we are on a wet Saturday morning here in SF. To us that's actually news, as we've been dangerously rain-free for the most part this past winter (not including that three-day storm a while back). I'm so not used to hearing the rain at night that it kept me up last night! The birds seem to be happy though, as they seem quite chatty outside our living room window.
Hmm, what else to report? There's not too much going on, as I've been focusing mostly on the new Mendaihu Universe story. I'm purposely not paying attention to the page or word count, though I can say that I'm still averaging around two handwritten pages a day. I haven't even come up with a title for this one yet, which is also interesting--I usually have a working title (or at least a title stolen from a song) as a placeholder at this point. It's been an interesting experience so far, returning to this old-school way of writing a book, but I'm really enjoying it, and I'm more than tempted to keep it as a permanent change.
The whole internet detox thing seems to be working well, actually. That was part of the deal for this longhand writing experiment. I had to think about it less as a temporary sacrifice and more as a semi-permanent thing...an 'I don't need this anymore' instead of an 'until further notice'. It also took me a while to get used to letting it go from a social perspective, but on the other hand that showed me just how prevalent it had become to me, and not always in a good way.
Am I finding myself with more time on my hands? Well, yes and no. Most of the time wasted online is now used for more creative or restful things--watching a show with A, doing some cleaning around the house, reading...and of course even playing a few rounds of FreeCell now and again if I'm tempted. I don't feel as rushed, don't feel like I've wasted time doing pointless things. And the best part? I'm actually feeling healthier. Boggles the mind, I tell you.
So what's going on this weekend? Well, not too much. We're planning on heading to Balboa Theater today to watch a film about Gustav Klimt, maybe have lunch in that neighborhood, and maybe hit the farmer's market at the other end of Clement tomorrow. And that's about it.
Yay, relaxing weekends!
Hmm, what else to report? There's not too much going on, as I've been focusing mostly on the new Mendaihu Universe story. I'm purposely not paying attention to the page or word count, though I can say that I'm still averaging around two handwritten pages a day. I haven't even come up with a title for this one yet, which is also interesting--I usually have a working title (or at least a title stolen from a song) as a placeholder at this point. It's been an interesting experience so far, returning to this old-school way of writing a book, but I'm really enjoying it, and I'm more than tempted to keep it as a permanent change.
The whole internet detox thing seems to be working well, actually. That was part of the deal for this longhand writing experiment. I had to think about it less as a temporary sacrifice and more as a semi-permanent thing...an 'I don't need this anymore' instead of an 'until further notice'. It also took me a while to get used to letting it go from a social perspective, but on the other hand that showed me just how prevalent it had become to me, and not always in a good way.
Am I finding myself with more time on my hands? Well, yes and no. Most of the time wasted online is now used for more creative or restful things--watching a show with A, doing some cleaning around the house, reading...and of course even playing a few rounds of FreeCell now and again if I'm tempted. I don't feel as rushed, don't feel like I've wasted time doing pointless things. And the best part? I'm actually feeling healthier. Boggles the mind, I tell you.
So what's going on this weekend? Well, not too much. We're planning on heading to Balboa Theater today to watch a film about Gustav Klimt, maybe have lunch in that neighborhood, and maybe hit the farmer's market at the other end of Clement tomorrow. And that's about it.
Yay, relaxing weekends!
