schedule

[bearsir]

I am seriously considering putting myself on a schedule when I'm at home, to see how that goes. If nothing else, perhaps it will make weekends seem more, you know, like weekends? I'm thinking

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[cubboy]

I have permission giving myself study / work breaks but know they are important. Maybe walking the dog and the gym could be worked in as a break

[lunacow]

My experience is that schedules are good but hard. I would expect that by now (it's been over three years since I left my job!) I'd have a nice simple routine for my days and be wonderfully productive all the time, but that's just not the case. I've been through a number of schedule variations and figured out that some plans that sounded so reasonable were completely unrealistic. I'm getting closer to what works, but I'm still really not there.

It's all pretty individual, and you'll have to just try and see what works for you, but I don't see any glaring problems in what you have here. The biggest thing is to recognize that scheduling yourself is harder than it seems, and there will probably be a lot of failure before you get to the point of sticking to a routine.

Occasional days off are a good thing. And after putting together both a wedding and a book, you definitely deserve to give yourself a a break off right now.

[daddyrhon]

Being an artist, I could not be more challenged with sticking to a schedule, though I write them all the time with the best intent. I was just reading your last post where you said "thank you cards as my schedule permits" and thought that must be why Bear is finishing up his second book while I am still working on my first. lol It does take discipline! But now its dinner time already and I gotta go! Good luck, Bear. Love your journal. :)

[queerbrother]

I find loose schedules to be really useful, but they likely work differently for different people and different work loads. I find excersize and dog time make excellent breaks and starting the morning with excersize definitely helps energize me. It gets my mind ready to work for the rest of the day. Set realistic goals. I've been getting into check lists and have recently learned that I can only have so many items on a list per day or I get so overwhelmed that I do nothing rather than lots more than usual. Knowing where you're at can be really comforting, though, and so can seeing a list almost totally completed. I find including general life goals into the schedule can make your day feel less work oriented, too. Thinking about dinner prep and cleaning can do that.
This is just from my experience lately. I'll be curious to see how you find it because it's something I've been thinking about a lot lately, too.

[marianlibrian]

I am finally figuring out what works best for me - doing what I feel like when I really feel inclined to do it! If I am not in the mood to do something I will just end up wasting a whole lot of time and not accomplish anything