It’s Week 33 of the #MFRWauthor 52-Week Blog Challenge and this week’s prompt is What I Do To Recharge.
Since I no longer have a day job, I have the luxury of taking evenings off, most of the time. I’ve found that if I write (or think too much about my current WIP) that I don’t sleep well. Since I sometimes don’t sleep well anyway for no apparent reason, I prefer a relaxing evening in front of the boob tube. Since we already blogged earlier this year about binge watching, I won’t go into specifics, but I will admit to binge watching the last season of Once Upon a Time this summer, since I managed to miss it during the year. I still love that show.
Lately I’ve been taking little breaks from my computer sessions to use the exercise wind bike my mother-in-law left me. A little exercise gets the heart going and shakes out the kinks a bit. It’s really not good to sit for too long at a time.
And once a month I get to sit for a pedicure and get my feet and lower legs massaged. Aaahhh, so relaxing. For the next month my toenails will be periwinkle blue.
What do you do to recharge?
Linda
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I’ve been getting regular pedicures in the past year; I totally forgot to mention that! My toes were blue last fall, lol!
Mine were dark blue for 4th of July. It’s a fun thing to do.
I’ve only had one pedicure in my life. Love the look of it, but didn’t really enjoy having a stranger massaging my feet and legs. This would also be the reason I’ve never had a massage. Yeah, I know. I’m probably weird.
You’re not alone in that, Sherry. Not everyone likes a massage.
I forgot about pedicures! I love them also. So relaxing, and I’ve found a shop where I feel comfortable.
It is important to find a shop you like. I’m really happy with mine.
It’s been YEARS since I’ve had a pedicure. When I worked I use to get them and manicures all the time, now not so much.
I love a pedicure- and I’m overdue! Great post!
I sometimes wait too long, too, then the toenails don’t look too good.
Nope, never had a pedicure. Don’t plan to, either.
I hear about clearing my mind of my WIP before bedtime. I’ve lost countless hours of sleep that I could ill afford to lose.
My dad didn’t ever plan to visit a nail salon, but after my mom died, I took him periodically to get his toenails clipped. He never got the full pedicure though.
I think a lot of writers have trouble sleeping. Too many thoughts and people in our minds.
I agree about trying to sleep while working on a manuscript. I’ve been up earlier than usual the past few days because I’m plotting a book and can’t stop thinking about it. A pedicure now sounds like a great idea…
The stories kind of take over, don’t they. Happy plotting.