Water dippers outside a temple in JapanThere comes a point when every creative spirit and soul needs to stop pouring out from themselves and immerse themselves in the creativity of others, so that their own well can be re-filled.  My fellow creative types will know all about this.  I think it extends beyond just the creative to all sorts of energy that we pour out of ourselves on a daily basis.

Before we left for Japan1, I think you could safely say that Benevolance and I were skirting burnout.  I feel a bit like a faker claiming it for myself, since compared to him, my workload is much lighter2.  I’m hoping that this three weeks away is long enough to refill our wells so we can return to regular life with renewed vigor.

For myself, I can feel that familiar stirring inside of me.  I’m getting fired up again about different projects and things I want to start doing.  The problem is always that most of our time at home is spent on our jobs instead of our interests, so I am always feeling like there isn’t enough time.  But it’s important to make time for these things at home, so that we let a little trickle in to keep our wells from drying out too quickly again.

One thing I’ve been reminded of on this trip is that exercise refills my well.  Even at home, when I’m exercising I seem to have more energy so that I can use my time more efficiently and effectively.  Sleep is the other big one.  It’s hard, but I must start getting to bed earlier.  Here where we have so much fewer distractions in the evenings, it’s so much easier to start to sleep when the sun goes down.  Sure, in theory, we could watch some tv, though we don’t really understand it.  And we’ve got a computer and a Nintendo DS, but we only feel compelled to use them for so long while we’re on vacation.

Sorry to put up such a rambling post, but felt like I should share some of what’s been going through my head.

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  1. we’re still there by the way, you can read all about it on our travel blog where most of the posts are written by my husband [↩]
  2. before we left not only was he working a 6 day work week, but most of his days were 9 hours long, AND he’s working towards his CGA designation [↩]

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