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rainwatersparkSo, because of being in school, having had temporary jobs, and most of all, working on a novel for the past year, I've gotten used to a workaholic schedule in which my "free time" is basically either mental health recovery time or novel-writing time. But since starting the querying phase for Project E, and especially being on winter break right now, I'm suddenly faced with the fact that, for the first time in a long time, I legitimately have empty "free time."
And suddenly, I don't know what to do.
Being autistic and having struggled with depression for a while, I have a very tiny social circle, all of whom live far from where I live. So I basically don't have a social life on a regular basis. I don't currently have any video games to play, either (except Guild Wars 2, but I try not to burn myself out with grinding/farming tasks; the next console game I'm interested in, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, doesn't come out until March). Oh, and I don't really have any books to read at the moment, either (I guess Magnus Chase #2 is still on my bucket list, but it's been hard to motivate myself to read it).
I know some writers work on new novels while they're querying/on submission. But for me, (a) I haven't come up with any new ideas that I seriously want to pursue yet, and (b) I have a hard time "settling my mind down" enough to work on a new project while querying, because everything feels so up in the air right now (and also, I admit that I'm not ready to say goodbye to my characters).
Yeah, so...right now I'm in this weird zone in which I am astonished when I wake up every morning and realize I don't really have anything to do.
But I guess this will be only short-lived, since the next semester's going to start soon enough... :(
And suddenly, I don't know what to do.
Being autistic and having struggled with depression for a while, I have a very tiny social circle, all of whom live far from where I live. So I basically don't have a social life on a regular basis. I don't currently have any video games to play, either (except Guild Wars 2, but I try not to burn myself out with grinding/farming tasks; the next console game I'm interested in, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, doesn't come out until March). Oh, and I don't really have any books to read at the moment, either (I guess Magnus Chase #2 is still on my bucket list, but it's been hard to motivate myself to read it).
I know some writers work on new novels while they're querying/on submission. But for me, (a) I haven't come up with any new ideas that I seriously want to pursue yet, and (b) I have a hard time "settling my mind down" enough to work on a new project while querying, because everything feels so up in the air right now (and also, I admit that I'm not ready to say goodbye to my characters).
Yeah, so...right now I'm in this weird zone in which I am astonished when I wake up every morning and realize I don't really have anything to do.
But I guess this will be only short-lived, since the next semester's going to start soon enough... :(
