Comments on: A Day in the Life http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/ Reading, Writing, and Publishing Mon, 21 May 2012 20:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Meghan Ward http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Meghan Ward Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:13:13 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=692#comment-795 Jessica, it sounds like you do write a lot! 1000 words a day is a lot! I've been slacking this week since I have an awful stomach flu, but now I'm mostly better and just slacking with no excuse. It's so hard to get back into the rhythm once you've gotten out of it. Jessica, it sounds like you do write a lot! 1000 words a day is a lot! I've been slacking this week since I have an awful stomach flu, but now I'm mostly better and just slacking with no excuse. It's so hard to get back into the rhythm once you've gotten out of it.

]]> By: Jessica http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-793 Jessica Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:40:26 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=692#comment-793 I feel like I never have time to write, but I really do; reading about your day made me realize this. I wake up at 8 a.m., Monday-Friday and go to my job as a copy editor till 5p.m., some days I'm here till 7 or 8 p.m. While at work I work or blog or make notes on my notepad and maybe fit in some writing on my lunch. I go home and make dinner and watch some TV and then I write 1,000 words or more. It all depends on how easy the 1,000 came out, and I don't leave my chair until I have those 1,000 words. If I feel like I can do more, I do. Then I get into bed and read until I fall asleep. Weekends I wake up late and watch movies and cook and read and avoid my laptop but I always sit back down and do my 1,000 words, sometimes around 1 or 2 a.m., when things seem to come easiest. I feel like I never have time to write, but I really do; reading about your day made me realize this.

I wake up at 8 a.m., Monday-Friday and go to my job as a copy editor till 5p.m., some days I'm here till 7 or 8 p.m. While at work I work or blog or make notes on my notepad and maybe fit in some writing on my lunch. I go home and make dinner and watch some TV and then I write 1,000 words or more. It all depends on how easy the 1,000 came out, and I don't leave my chair until I have those 1,000 words. If I feel like I can do more, I do. Then I get into bed and read until I fall asleep.

Weekends I wake up late and watch movies and cook and read and avoid my laptop but I always sit back down and do my 1,000 words, sometimes around 1 or 2 a.m., when things seem to come easiest.

]]> By: Meghan Ward http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Meghan Ward Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:01:27 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=692#comment-771 Sierra - without the outings we would go insane trying to entertain two kids. The outings give them something to do. They are exhausting but much better than listening to Shea whine like he does when stuck inside on rainy days. Kristan - I'm jealous of all your reading/writing time. Sounds like you work four days. What kind of job do you have? The problem with working by the hour (freelance editing and tutoring) is that I don't get paid for the hours I blog, etc. I was talking to a friend about how many hours people actually work at full-time jobs. I guessed 5 out of 8 (from my past experience). She said 3. There are advantages to full-time jobs! Jade - I'm not a good advertisement for having two kids this close together! It's very tiring. But one isn't as bad, and two spread out more isn't bad because the older one can be in preschool by then. HOWEVER, I've heard that later having two will pay off because they'll entertain each other (when they're not fighting :) Sierra – without the outings we would go insane trying to entertain two kids. The outings give them something to do. They are exhausting but much better than listening to Shea whine like he does when stuck inside on rainy days.

Kristan – I'm jealous of all your reading/writing time. Sounds like you work four days. What kind of job do you have? The problem with working by the hour (freelance editing and tutoring) is that I don't get paid for the hours I blog, etc. I was talking to a friend about how many hours people actually work at full-time jobs. I guessed 5 out of 8 (from my past experience). She said 3. There are advantages to full-time jobs!

Jade – I'm not a good advertisement for having two kids this close together! It's very tiring. But one isn't as bad, and two spread out more isn't bad because the older one can be in preschool by then. HOWEVER, I've heard that later having two will pay off because they'll entertain each other (when they're not fighting :)

]]> By: Jade Park http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-763 Jade Park Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:31:35 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=692#comment-763 UM. YOU MAKE ME NOT WANT TO HAVE KIDS! I'M EXHAUSTED JUST READING YOUR POST! All I can say is that I have way more spare time than you do, and I still do not manage to get much done. UM. YOU MAKE ME NOT WANT TO HAVE KIDS! I'M EXHAUSTED JUST READING YOUR POST!

All I can say is that I have way more spare time than you do, and I still do not manage to get much done.

]]> By: Kristan http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Kristan Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:34:32 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=692#comment-759 Holy geez! I'm exhausted just reading about your life! You're amazing. o_O A day in my life is like this... Mon-Thurs: Get up, take care of dog, go to work. Work/write/read/make internet rounds until 4:30. Go home, take care of dog. Eat dinner. Watch TV/hang with dog and boyfriend/write/read. (Every other night take care of dog.) Get ready for bed. Read/write. Fri: Get up, take care of dog, go to Panera or someplace to write/read/make internet rounds. Maybe eat lunch there, maybe go back home for lunch. Maybe run some errands or do some laundry/cleaning. At 4, take care of dog. Write until boyfriend gets home. Eat dinner. Watch TV/hang with dog and boyfriend/write/read. (Every other night take care of dog.) Get ready for bed. Read/write. Sat/Sun: Get up, take care of dog, do who knows what (depends on sports, friends, weather, etc.)/write/read/make internet rounds. Eat dinner. Watch TV/hang with dog and boyfriend/write/read. (Every other night take care of dog.) Get ready for bed. Read/write. Yeah, my life is pretty repetitive, and there's a lot of (FRAGMENTED) time for reading and writing. But I sort of designed it that way on purpose. (I.e., I quit a more traditional job in order to have this reading/writing time.) Holy geez! I'm exhausted just reading about your life! You're amazing. o_O

A day in my life is like this…

Mon-Thurs: Get up, take care of dog, go to work. Work/write/read/make internet rounds until 4:30. Go home, take care of dog. Eat dinner. Watch TV/hang with dog and boyfriend/write/read. (Every other night take care of dog.) Get ready for bed. Read/write.

Fri: Get up, take care of dog, go to Panera or someplace to write/read/make internet rounds. Maybe eat lunch there, maybe go back home for lunch. Maybe run some errands or do some laundry/cleaning. At 4, take care of dog. Write until boyfriend gets home. Eat dinner. Watch TV/hang with dog and boyfriend/write/read. (Every other night take care of dog.) Get ready for bed. Read/write.

Sat/Sun: Get up, take care of dog, do who knows what (depends on sports, friends, weather, etc.)/write/read/make internet rounds. Eat dinner. Watch TV/hang with dog and boyfriend/write/read. (Every other night take care of dog.) Get ready for bed. Read/write.

Yeah, my life is pretty repetitive, and there's a lot of (FRAGMENTED) time for reading and writing. But I sort of designed it that way on purpose. (I.e., I quit a more traditional job in order to have this reading/writing time.)

]]> By: Sierra Godfrey http://meghanward.com/blog/2010/03/08/a-day-in-the-life/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Sierra Godfrey Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:02:12 +0000 http://meghanward.com/blog/?p=692#comment-758 One of the things I have often thought about you is: I don't know where you get the energy. Because it seems to me I'd be doing FAR LESS than you manage to do, like NO running, NO outings, and NO activities. So give yourself a huge pat on the back for juggling it all. My day in the life....I'll have to blog about this....but essentially it comes down to writing for 2 hours after my son goes to sleep at 8 pm. I ignore everything else in a slightly unhealthy way. It seems like you have a good handle on balance, even it's extremely BUSY balance. One of the things I have often thought about you is: I don't know where you get the energy. Because it seems to me I'd be doing FAR LESS than you manage to do, like NO running, NO outings, and NO activities. So give yourself a huge pat on the back for juggling it all.

My day in the life….I'll have to blog about this….but essentially it comes down to writing for 2 hours after my son goes to sleep at 8 pm. I ignore everything else in a slightly unhealthy way. It seems like you have a good handle on balance, even it's extremely BUSY balance.

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