My wife and I have been talking for a while about taking 3 or 4 days, finding a nice hotel, getting a nice room, for purposes of a writing retreat. My wife’s parents, the in-laws, think we’re crazy. Why do that when we’ve got a perfectly nice setup at home? And we do. But we also have all the distractions that go along with it. Food needs to be made and consumed. Cats and dog need feeding. And any number of other household chores I don’t even think about but still need to get done. With our plan, we’ll have 4 days when we don’t have to think about anything but writing. I’m glad someone else gets it! And, realistically, it’s going to be a while before we can do this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Oh, I love everything about this and how honest you are about loss of internet. I think it would drive me crazy. And then be nice. Because I have to always be DOING and never take the time to just be. The internet makes that doing much easier.
Of course, I'm also at a loss with what is happening on Twitter. It is an online space I desperately want to hold onto. Kristin Kobes Du Mez wrote a beautiful piece about that last week.
Mona we must have parallel lives. I feel your pain and frustration. And life goes on, right?
Well said.
And well lived.
I love staying in anonymous hotels / motels by myself, knowing I have no chores or obligations while I’m there!
My wife and I have been talking for a while about taking 3 or 4 days, finding a nice hotel, getting a nice room, for purposes of a writing retreat. My wife’s parents, the in-laws, think we’re crazy. Why do that when we’ve got a perfectly nice setup at home? And we do. But we also have all the distractions that go along with it. Food needs to be made and consumed. Cats and dog need feeding. And any number of other household chores I don’t even think about but still need to get done. With our plan, we’ll have 4 days when we don’t have to think about anything but writing. I’m glad someone else gets it! And, realistically, it’s going to be a while before we can do this. Money doesn’t grow on trees.
Oh, I love everything about this and how honest you are about loss of internet. I think it would drive me crazy. And then be nice. Because I have to always be DOING and never take the time to just be. The internet makes that doing much easier.
Of course, I'm also at a loss with what is happening on Twitter. It is an online space I desperately want to hold onto. Kristin Kobes Du Mez wrote a beautiful piece about that last week.