I’ve been hard at work pretty much since i got home in mid-August. I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot but, as always, there seems to be an infinate amount of work I still need to do. Recently I’m starting to feel like I need a bit of a break from the work at hand. It might be because most of the stuff I’m working on now is pretty dull, but I also think it’s due to just spending too much time working. I have been cooped up in my parent’s basement for over a month now (don’t worry, it’s not as depressing as it sounds) working morning, noon and night some days and I think I need to take a bit of a break.
I find that whenever I’m at home, I will be doing work. I don’t really switch off. I feel like if I’m watching TV I’m wasting my time and if my computer is around, I should be sitting behind it. I spend a couple of hours a day at the gym but when I’m there the only thing I can think about is not falling off the treadmill. I have been escaping out for coffee or on nights out with friends from time to time but, for the most part, my days and nights have been spent working.
For me to be creative and get come up with ideas, I find that I need to be away from the internet. It’s when I’m away from my computer that I start to think of new ideas and become excited to get back online to try them out. When I’m always online, I focus on the task at hand and the daydreaming, creative, new idea side of me is nowhere to be seen.
This is the first time I have worked this hard for a long time and I love being able to get loads of things done but I think I need a bit of a break to look back on what I have accomplished so far, set some new goals, think of new ideas and come back to the computer excited, rather than feeling like I’m clocking in for a 9am to 10pm job.
I will be heading up north to visit some family this weekend and the computer will be staying at home. I’m hoping that a bit of time away, even if just a few days, will mean that I come back ready to tackle some of the not-so-exciting jobs I have to do and also have a few new ideas up my sleeve that I can get excited about.
I’m curious about other people’s working patterns. Do any of you have a hard time ‘switching off’ when you’re at home? Where do you get your best ideas – in front or away from the computer? How much work can you do before starting to feel burnt out?
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