Being an introvert, socialising isn’t so much a need of mine, although I do make an effort to get out and about so that my toddler gets to interact with other people.

Writing just wasn’t something I had much time or energy for until this year – let’s hope it continues! It helps that my husband gets home early enough in the evening that I can get a chance to do some writing before it’s too late at night and I’m longing for my pillow and duvet! Writers need support from family and/or friends because it’s just not possible to do everything by yourself.

Hope your own writing is going well. All the best. 🙂

It seems that no matter how I rearrange things–even in huge ways, like quitting my day job to write and freelance edit full-time–I almost always feel a little off-balance. I mean, maybe things will feel good and balanced for like a week, but then they go back to feeling too busy or not busy enough (and then I freak out about finances, not to mention all those unprocessed emotions that pop up when I’m not distracted) or maybe the right amount of busy but I feel like I’m spending too much time socializing & not enough time working, or the reverse….

Maybe the areas of my life aren’t supposed to be perfectly balanced all the time. Maybe balance is more like what you did–concentrate on one thing for a while, then put your focus somewhere else for a while–so that it all gets done but I’m not doing it all in any given time period (week/month/year/decade). Good food for thought anyway. Thanks for the prompt!

P.S. Congrats on the books! Looking forward to checking them out.

Some times I’m like, “Oh. She’s in daycare today. I can go do groceries and take the dog to the groomer’s.” But by the time I’m done and get home, it’s almost time for me to go back out and pick her up.

Next week I’ll be experimenting, and hopefully I’ll find something that works better.

I think the key is to be flexible. Some days will just work better than others.