Stay on target. STAY ON TARGET.
2011 has been, thus far, Year of the Scrambled Eggs.
Not literal scrambled eggs, of course – in fact, I’m astutely positive that I have not made scrambled eggs even once this year. Or any kind of eggs for that matter.
No, I speak of a more figurative egg. Scrambled everything. Ideas! Stress! Projects! Plans! My life has become one great, big, hulking platter of scrambled eggs.
First there’s the projects. A few half written stories for a half a dozen anthologies that will likely not be selected, should they even reach completion. A few things over at the Vault that have been more or less “in progress” since December. The resounding promise to finally fold and put away the last of the clothing we still haven’t unpacked or bake those brownies that my stomach has been nagging me for or, more recently, call about those tickets for that show that’s going on in our apartment complex.
I have another short list of things that I’d like to do in the near future – things that aren’t up yet, but need to be, etc. Web design work mostly. And even just now while writing this I got distracted and went to work on something, then had to reel it back in. Scrambled eggs. Can’t focus.
For awhile it seemed like I was spending 90% of my time awake stressed out and accomplishing absolutely nothing because of it. Waking up at 7:30 to get on the computer by 8:00 to stare at twitter for six hours until it was time to take Nick lunch at work. Sometimes there was Angry Birds or Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop! or reading through Chuck Wendig’s latest short story collection or perusing my new role playing books but mostly, nope, mostly just staring. I even took a few days “off” to no avail: the scrambling continues.
So, internet, I petition you – how do you relax? How do you get yourself organized? Do you have a particular routine each day to get things done? What about when it doesn’t work?
Stop in, leave a comment. Even if you haven’t before – I know you’re out there! How do you buckle down and get things done?
The Vault is one of my ways of relaxing, but outside of RP… I usually like to grab my camera and hop in my car to wherever until I’m tire of driving. Then it’s all about the click of the button to get those shutters going.
That or do a bubble bath with my iPod on stereos or a romantic-comedy/action on my laptop.
And in terms of getting stuff done… I just read blogs. I usually feel guilty about lazying after first few blogs that I leave myself without a choice but to be productive.
Anyways, hope you find your way!
I like my eggs over easy!