Tomorrow is Veterans’ Day, so had I planned it earlier, I could have taken today off as a floating holiday. [If memory recalls, I think I used it up earlier in the year so I could go to one of the cons.] On days like this, I usually get up around the same time, maybe an hour or so later, and start the day.
[Granted, I thought I *did* have the day off (A. even initially took the day off so we could do stuff during the day), thus the inspiration for this post. I figured I’d keep it up and revise it a bit.]
And like most creative people, my Best Laid Plan on bank holidays is that I want to spend the entire day writing, or doing writing-related things, or catching up on all the small fiddly writing-related things that I’d put aside. Carpe diem! Or something like that. I say Best Laid Plan, of course, because in reality I’m usually doing the exact opposite: futzing around with email, watching cat videos, goofing around with my mp3 collection. And just like most regular days, squeezing the actual writing work into the last three hours of the day.
Really, though…I do have to remind myself that it’s good to use a day off as a real day off. Do stuff I enjoy doing that doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with my creativity. Going on a road trip, going to a movie…hell, even watching an anime series on TV. There are other things out there I enjoy doing, especially with A., and days off are good for that sort of thing.
If that means I’m squeezing my work into just a few hours as the sun goes down, then so be it. At least it’ll have been a full, productive, and entertaining day!
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