Comments on: What I did on my summer vacation… —Nothing! https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/ & Gray-Grant Communications Thu, 06 Sep 2018 22:35:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10608 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:18:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10608 In reply to Emily Agnew.

I do try to unplug on Saturdays. No computers! Just my pilates class and reading books!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10606 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:17:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10606 In reply to Chris Pady.

Yes, overthinking is toxic to writers. Yet so many of us try to do it so frequently. You are wise to stop and take a walk whenever you catch yourself overthinking, Chris!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10607 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:17:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10607 In reply to Karen Koziol.

I have a hard time taking weekends off but that is an excellent goal to have!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10605 Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:16:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10605 In reply to Salud Garcia.

What a terrific expression! I’m going to have to memorize that one…

]]> By: Salud Garcia https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10604 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 21:07:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10604 How beautiful it is to do nothing, and, then, to rest. – Old Mexican saying.

Words to live by.

]]> By: Emily Agnew https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10603 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 19:58:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10603 I completely agree with you about really leaving it all behind on vacation…and am with Karen who likes doing nothing in the weekends. I don’t do nothing all weekend, but the “somethings” I do are not computer work…it’s outside stuff, physical stuff, and chores that take no heavy mental lifting. And I completely unplug for half the day on Sundays, doing nothing but yoga, meditation, etc. That makes an amazing difference. If I do office work on the weekend, I start the week feeling hung over. I used to dread returning from vacation, but taking weekends “off” this way has really changed that.

]]> By: Karen Koziol https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10602 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:17:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10602 I like the idea of doing “nothing” even on weekends!
One does not have to wait until vacations to turn it off!

]]> By: Chris Pady https://www.publicationcoach.com/doing-nothing/#comment-10601 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 17:50:00 +0000 https://www.publicationcoach.com/?p=18246#comment-10601 While I like all your points, and am also a big believer in doing ‘nothing’ on my summer vacation, I think your point about overthinking when writing is most poignant to me. When I find myself thinking too hard when writing, I know it’s time to stop or take a walk. My best writing, or my best writing ideas, always come out in a nice flow.

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