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[sleigh]

I couldn't stand it any more. This morning, I kicked up Scrivener and started putting words down for A MAGIC OF DAWN.

I really don't like 'not writing...' I feel lost and unmoored if I'm not actively working on something.

How about you? Are you able to just 'relax and do nothing'?

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[chamois-shimi.livejournal.com]

I didn't used to be able to relax and do nothing. For a number of years I sold crafts at the fall bazaars around here, and every spare minute all year long I was knitting, bookbinding, sewing, soapmaking, ribbon weaving ... whatever. It got to the point that I couldn't watch a movie or TV without knitting needles in hand - I felt like I was wasting time. If I had 5 minutes waiting somewhere - the doctor, in line - I would get impatient to be doing something.

Then I had a child. After I finished his baptismal over robe just before he was 2 months old, I didn't knit again for a whole year. Just like that. It's been two years now and I'm doing a little more knitting and stuff now, but I didn't do the fall craft fairs last year, and I have no problem just sitting around doing not much at all whenever C will let me. It's very relaxing. Heh.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

I've noticed the knitting with several female friends -- their hands are always occupied.