tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post3813708107693250997..comments2024-03-10T04:29:20.044-04:00Comments on Mad Genius Club: Renew your CreativitySarah A. Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-54797920702288699832010-05-18T21:26:31.263-04:002010-05-18T21:26:31.263-04:00I've always found large sums of money (ie -sto...I've always found large sums of money (ie -stopping having to worry about same) refeshed my creativity enormously;-)! And Matapam - I am so with you on the dining out! Otherwise I like to do things which are so absorbing - requiring my entire concentration to stay alive - which also put the perspective back on disasters/real life. Rock climbing is good for this. Gardening and cooking I just go on thinking about problems/book.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-73699044593233002092010-05-18T21:00:26.383-04:002010-05-18T21:00:26.383-04:00Mtapam, have you tried thinking of all the excursi...Mtapam, have you tried thinking of all the excursions as research? It isn't fun, it's future book fodder!Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290731721638936110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-71516014768243540522010-05-18T18:56:33.843-04:002010-05-18T18:56:33.843-04:00My remedy is usually sleep (since I usually don...My remedy is usually sleep (since I usually don't get enough), nature, and escapism - books, movies. I seem to need to always be in motion either mentally or physically, so I walk for the nature experience and watch movies or read for a physical rest. Works for me, Rowena. Enjoy the rest!Chris McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883058490702361466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-10037968200086797502010-05-18T17:07:12.937-04:002010-05-18T17:07:12.937-04:00Have fun!Have fun!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-16567242240786255732010-05-18T15:39:13.985-04:002010-05-18T15:39:13.985-04:00This is hello - goodbye. The taxi to the airport i...This is hello - goodbye. The taxi to the airport is booked in 20 minutes.<br /><br />Freedom!<br /><br />(For 8 days).Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-27236286995583262252010-05-18T15:38:06.918-04:002010-05-18T15:38:06.918-04:00Jim, enjoy your daughter while you can. 4 is a won...Jim, enjoy your daughter while you can. 4 is a wonderful age. My kids range in age from 15 to 25 now and I miss those early years.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-3850784171262030162010-05-18T15:36:53.319-04:002010-05-18T15:36:53.319-04:00Chris, gardening is good. I mow the yard. The mowe...Chris, gardening is good. I mow the yard. The mower is so loud the children keep away from me and I can think. Besides if I mow the yard it stays mowed, unlike tidying the house.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-30429487651631836332010-05-18T15:35:51.342-04:002010-05-18T15:35:51.342-04:00Matapam, I have felt guilty because I've been ...Matapam, I have felt guilty because I've been out to dinner with my husband and he's said, 'Your mind is in your book, isn't it?' And i realised I'd been distracted tot eh point of ignoring him.Rowena Cory Daniellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995983965583233914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-4702426363594858302010-05-18T15:33:17.088-04:002010-05-18T15:33:17.088-04:00I'm right there with you Rowena. With working ...I'm right there with you Rowena. With working full time, going to school full time and watching my daughter while my wife is at work, I've got a pretty full schedule myself. Thank god I get to go on a vacation of my own in a little less than three weeks.<br /><br />One of my favorite things to do between semesters, or between schools as I just finished my bachelors and (hopefully) start my masters this fall, is to hang out and do things with my four year old daughter on my days off. We do a lot of museums, kids movies, trips to the zoo, etc. One of the best passages I've ever written (in my opinion at least) was inspired on one of these trips by a painting at an art museum. Having my daughter with me forces me to keep moving and not settle in one spot focusing on one thing for too long.Jim McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12524898692671838600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-48734602466945749932010-05-18T13:25:41.918-04:002010-05-18T13:25:41.918-04:00When it's time to take a break I rarely recogn...When it's time to take a break I rarely recognize the fact that it's time to take a break. Yesterday I ended up actually taking a break from most work-related things. For me that meant time to go to my favorite restaurant and actually do some writing. I got something like 5 pages of a new short story done. Yay. <br /><br />Funny that matapam mentions the garden thing. I'm in an apartment and don't have a place to garden. Lately however I've been thinking about taking a big planting box and setting it on the patio. Maybe try my hand at growing something. I've never done it before. Perhaps it will be fun.C Kelseynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-54358557954541093262010-05-18T09:18:04.668-04:002010-05-18T09:18:04.668-04:00Half-crazed workaholic writers, unite! We must sto...Half-crazed workaholic writers, unite! We must stop allowing our spouses to drag us out to do something fun! Museum tours cannot possibly be time well spent. Movies? Complete waste of time! Dinner out? Ridiculous expense and I'm sure I can work out the spices and reproduce it.<br /><br />Plant a garden . . . Oh, now you're talking about good healthy exercise in the sunshine. Thank god for gardens, mine is a source of self inflicted sanity. Small daily doses strongly recommended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com