tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post7469894833623595193..comments2023-10-30T07:08:09.860-07:00Comments on It's a Mystery: To Holiday or Not to HolidayElspeth Futcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-62840186914259261832009-08-13T09:11:30.257-07:002009-08-13T09:11:30.257-07:00Thanks, everyone for your fine words of wisdom. I...Thanks, everyone for your fine words of wisdom. I shall try a happy medium. And welcome Jack!Elspeth Futcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330102545384369360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-74102742461641594142009-08-13T07:57:38.720-07:002009-08-13T07:57:38.720-07:00I agree that a compromise is best, and maybe impos...I agree that a compromise is best, and maybe impossible to avoid--at best. But, if there were some really important vacation event you HAD to do, you'd shut down the computer and go do, I'd bet. Then, in vacation "downtime," you could putter with the 'puter. Would work for me.<br /><br />Best Regards, Galen<br /><a href="http://www.galenkindley.com/blog" rel="nofollow">joe doaks-Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283066862112820202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-70673351968589519632009-08-12T22:30:38.591-07:002009-08-12T22:30:38.591-07:00I'll bet you won't stop "writing,&quo...I'll bet you won't stop "writing," even while you read a book or hike a trail or wait in a line for a ride at Epcot Center. Your brain will still be chugging away on your current project, planning scenes, maybe a little dialogue. I think the secret is to relax and let it happen. If you know that's also part of writing, then you realize there's nothing to feel guilty Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-60700923604896852242009-08-12T21:22:07.452-07:002009-08-12T21:22:07.452-07:00I'm on vacation now, actually. More of a stay-...I'm on vacation now, actually. More of a stay-cation, really. I've set aside my WIP in favor of merely relaxing. I've kept up my blog, but that's about it. So I guess I compromised.Craig Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04601732068274136557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4538744000429800248.post-36476027838549851352009-08-12T09:27:22.190-07:002009-08-12T09:27:22.190-07:00I'm not good at it. I take my laptop with me e...I'm not good at it. I take my laptop with me everywhere. I always have either writing to do or clients to edit for. Plus, there's the blog to do. But I think you will be successful and will tell the rest of us how to shut down and take a vacation. Right?<br /><br />Helen<br /><a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Straight From Hel</a>Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.com