Monday 18 January 2016

Not so blue Monday...

So apparently today is the most depressing day of the year (see below for the formula which apparently 'proves' this). No one has any money, the weather is bad and we'd all just like to go back to bed and hibernate for the rest of January instead of going to work. I actually feel rather positive about today - mainly because tomorrow is payday and I've been counting down the days until the 19th for the last three weeks when I ran out of money. Whoops. So for me, Monday isn't looking so blue (yet).

I went out on Friday night for a meal with The Engineer's family, to celebrate his dad's 60th birthday. If I'm honest, I had been dreading it because I hate large social gatherings, but it was actually surprisingly good (and the food was great too). Then on Saturday, The Engineer went out with his dad for the day, so I stayed at home and caught up on some chores, before sitting down and writing all afternoon. It felt so good to be sitting down and doing some writing again. It was lovely just to carve out some 'me' time and spend it doing whatever I wanted to do - writing, eating chocolate and drinking tea. Bliss.

Then yesterday, we decided to have another lazy day. However, The Engineer is the kind of guy who can't sit still for more than five minutes, so he ended up tidying up the house before laying some more of the kitchen floor. Luckily, for most of this I was again left to my own devices. Which meant that, yup you guessed it, I got to write some more. Hooray!

Over the weekend I've managed to write about 5,000 words on my new fantasy novel. I'm still in love with the story and the characters, and I'm so looking forward to this being an actual finished book that I can read. Like I mentioned a while ago, this novel is just for me, and there's something very peaceful about the fact that once it's done, I can read it, then do whatever I like with it. I may show it to a few people if I think they'll like it, or I may not. But to even have that choice feels so good. I'm not rushing it, I'm not constantly worried about what people will think - I'm writing it simply for the pleasure of writing.



Hope you all had a lovely weekend! Have a great week!

Do you feel down about 'Blue Monday'? What did you get up to this weekend? How is your writing going?

10 comments:

  1. Hey Rachel. Payday is a very good reason to be happy on a Monday:) Congrats on your writing progress! I'm glad you had fun with the Engineer's family. Good food always makes things better. Or at least for me it does:) Hope you have a wonderful week.

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    1. Yes! That's the only reason Monday could ever be a good day ;). You're so right about the food - it was totally worth it ;). Have a great week!

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  2. I'm actually not as blue as I thought I would be this Monday. Weird. I watched a lot of football this weekend, and my team won, so that probably explains it.

    Writing simply for the pleasure of writing is the very best.

    Have a great week!

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    1. That's great! I'm only discovering the joy of writing for pleasure now, and it's great! I should do it more often ;). Have a fantastic week!

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  3. I didn't even know Blue Monday was a thing! I'm only blue because I have to go back to work in less than an hour.
    That's great that you got some writing done! It's always good to write something for yourself without the pressure.

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    1. I heard about it briefly last year, but I think this year is the first year that companies have started trying to market off it, which makes me roll my eyes. Hope work goes well! Thank you :)!

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  4. I feel rather positive today too. I got a TON done with weekend. I have a little bit more to do today then plan on relaxing. :)

    I never heard of Blue Monday though. That's interesting.

    Good for you for writing! :)

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    1. That's great! I think it makes all the difference when you feel like you've had a good weekend :). Thank you!

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  5. Writing, eating chocolate and drinking tea is my kind of day.

    I knew about it being the most depressing day, but I didn't realise there was an equation. Who says maths isn't important? :-)

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  6. It sounds like you had a lovely weekend, Rachel. One of my favorite treats is of course chocolate, but I'll go for a cup of coffee any day. I enjoyed my weekend too. I have two little ones, 5 and 7 and they keep me young. Lately I've been trying to get them to explore the arts so we did magician experiments and lots of painting projects. Writing didn't happen as I had hoped. I always get up early, but for some reason, my daughter heard me both days and I only squeezed in a half hour or so each day. Have a great week. Erika

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