I'm Taking A Week Off In April.

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Other than major holidays, it's rare I take off of writing orders for several days at a time. And even then, it's not uncommon for me to work on Halloween, Thanksgiving or New Year's Eve. The last time I took off like that for non-holiday reasons was when I went to New York for WWE SummerSlam in 2015. I don't mean falling behind and putting it off 'til the next day or switching a weekday and weekend. I mean just taking off work to relax or whatnot. I made the decision a few months ago that I was *FINALLY* going to give myself a week off. It's not something I wanted to do all of a sudden, so I chose to wait a few months. This way, I could make sure I was financially able to do it, let my clients know, etc. Welp, I'm working this upcoming week, and then on April 10th or 11th (depends if I have to work that Saturday), I am off of my writing orders for THE WHOLE WEEK. No messages. No orders. No proofreading. NOTHING. I'll resume messages the following weekend (April 17th and 18th) to line up work for the following week. But until that Saturday, I don't want to even think about work... as much as possible lol. I get it. I work from home and my job isn't physically demanding. But it can be mentally demanding. There are messages and lining up work, researching, writing, proofreading, fixing mistakes, submitting, possible revision requests, and then with the next order, it's lather, rinse and repeat, as well as putting together a weekly schedule of writing orders, MyLot posts, etc. I realized a few months ago when I just couldn't find the focus or motivation that while I enjoy what I do, I need a break. I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do over my break. I may go out on some days, may just relax on other days. I really need to make a bigger effort to fix my sleep schedule while I don't have a work schedule to worry about messing up. I may also try to get back into the habit of exercising since my ankle is healing. I'll still be around online; including MyLot, but I won't be working on any writing orders. It's my way of mentally recharging, and hopefully, returning to my writing orders better than ever. :) Photo Credit: Pixabay.