tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post8239710739854634267..comments2024-03-10T10:34:02.181+02:00Comments on The Alliterative Allomorph: Innocence Sentenced With GuiltJessica Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-85610726876959063002012-10-23T10:31:22.932+03:002012-10-23T10:31:22.932+03:00As I said elsewhere, no, I don't usually feel ...As I said elsewhere, no, I don't usually feel guilty. I will admit that lately if I've watched a bunch of DVDs instead of doing creative stuff, I feel guilty. But I always allow myself to watch a little bit at least, while eating dinner. ;)Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-1737346480674983362012-10-23T05:25:09.956+03:002012-10-23T05:25:09.956+03:00You'd do better with a week off :) I sure did...You'd do better with a week off :) I sure did.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-77017372430785155722012-10-23T00:16:36.416+03:002012-10-23T00:16:36.416+03:00“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the...“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. “ John Lubbock<br /><br />I can read it, but can't often put it in action (or inaction!!)Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08100985140335023467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-84669657374566001272012-10-22T20:20:50.623+03:002012-10-22T20:20:50.623+03:00That's me! I'm so Type A, I have to be doi...That's me! I'm so Type A, I have to be doing something productive every single minute. The only time I can relax and let go is if I completely leave the house for a while.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-58201418166663504902012-10-22T19:30:57.179+03:002012-10-22T19:30:57.179+03:00I'm with you. Free time is so rare that I almo...I'm with you. Free time is so rare that I almost don't know what to do with myself and I love Revenge but am currently obsessed with Damages.Johanna Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515478890074610814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-62289176463141524432012-10-22T18:49:08.052+03:002012-10-22T18:49:08.052+03:00I have no problem shutting down and just chilling....I have no problem shutting down and just chilling. Guess I'm just wired that way.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-59905245939029361982012-10-22T18:47:01.172+03:002012-10-22T18:47:01.172+03:00I make sure i give myself enough time every week t...I make sure i give myself enough time every week to just relax, so it's become part of my schedule, so then i don't feel guilty when i'm chillaxin.Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-6668849613258708522012-10-22T18:15:39.986+03:002012-10-22T18:15:39.986+03:00I'm too old to let myself feel guilty about ta...I'm too old to let myself feel guilty about taking a break. I wanna take a break? By God I'll take a break. Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-14592100016242845242012-10-22T17:35:21.993+03:002012-10-22T17:35:21.993+03:00I hear you. I once described being a writer as fee...I hear you. I once described being a writer as feeling like a perpetual student, with a never-ending homework assignment! <br /><br />I have to keep reminding myself that recharging the mental batteries by resting makes me more productive when I get back into the fray.Laurel Garverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03657218435228802535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-27082775427019942472012-10-22T16:12:56.218+03:002012-10-22T16:12:56.218+03:00Ew! I want to watch that Revenge show! And girl! I...Ew! I want to watch that Revenge show! And girl! I hear ya so much. I've been busting it so hard that when I DO "catch up," and I can sit around, I don't know what to do with myself--LOL! :D That was me this weekend... what to do???<br /><br />Ahh, I don't know the solution. Revenge sounds good. :D ((hugs)) <3LTMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239077455322030275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-82081904893181961402012-10-22T14:37:29.341+03:002012-10-22T14:37:29.341+03:00Oh man, I am right there with you, girl!!! I would...Oh man, I am right there with you, girl!!! I would spend my whole time stressed. But reading endlessly and watching a series sounds great, too!Christina Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01799776834213400246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-45896156722625628392012-10-22T14:09:58.986+03:002012-10-22T14:09:58.986+03:00I'm right there with you.I'm right there with you.Amie McCrackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160695804142859960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-7330856525725830912012-10-22T14:09:35.792+03:002012-10-22T14:09:35.792+03:00there you go! The whole first season of Revenge! I...there you go! The whole first season of Revenge! If I had 3 days I'd def. write. Maybe take one night to relax. But it might've done you more good than you'll ever realize.Laura Paulinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06503090226508079501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-30864616216692309232012-10-22T13:59:49.356+03:002012-10-22T13:59:49.356+03:00I have a lot of trouble taking time off, too, but ...I have a lot of trouble taking time off, too, but I rarely feel guilty about it. In fact, I feel guilty for working so much, but I enjoy it so much. This is only with writing/writing-related tasks, though. I have no trouble taking time off from my day job!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636585111057799728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315861630765119669.post-42604124349783718452012-10-22T13:12:13.973+03:002012-10-22T13:12:13.973+03:00I have spent years struggling to give myself permi...I have spent years struggling to give myself permission to relax. I wasn't always like that.<br /><br />From 23-26 I lived with a workaholic; he not only worked hard but then played hard when he took holidays. The middle ground was mitigated with binge drinking. <br /><br />We both worked seven days a week for a large chunk of the time we were together. On the rare occasion I sat down to read a book he'd give me grief about being lazy, so bit by bit all the pleasures I'd treasured for so long (reading, writing and sleeping in the notable ones) disappeared from my every day existence.<br /> <br />I sunk into a horrible pit of depression which demotivated me from doing anything, other than work.<br /><br />His specter haunted me for years. I'd hear him muttering about me being lazy when I slept in. I'd hear him muttering I was wasting time every opportunity I took to open a book. The only thing I didn't let him kill was my writing. It was the first thing I did when we broke up - enrolled in a writing course.<br /><br />Now I don't have his voice in my head, but I fear the work hard/play hard dichotomy is deeply engrained in me. I try to let myself relax, take time off, but I struggle with it. I find once I'm in "down time" I then don't want to drag myself back up out of it.<br /><br />Perhaps we need to have a little down time every day, bask in small pleaures, so it's not such a hard thing to accept when we have three days to enjoy it?Jodi Cleghornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808676742258881407noreply@blogger.com