Comments on: Evaluating My Holiday http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/01/30/evaluating-my-holiday/ Holistic Growth through Balanced Living Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:57:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/01/30/evaluating-my-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Haider Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:46:35 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=242#comment-94 @Barbara: I totally agree about the "holiday" label. With me, it's not so much as how I labeled it, but how my family labeled it. Since I was on "holiday" in their eyes, it's only natural to assume that I was playing on the computer! :P All the best with all your projects :D @Barbara: I totally agree about the “holiday” label. With me, it’s not so much as how I labeled it, but how my family labeled it. Since I was on “holiday” in their eyes, it’s only natural to assume that I was playing on the computer! :P

All the best with all your projects :D

]]> By: Barbara http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/01/30/evaluating-my-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Barbara Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:29:53 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=242#comment-86 Hi Haider, Like Jessica and yourself I've had a similar experience...although I'm not currently looking to quit my job...I'm in my fifth week of holidays of various forms (no work, home with family; work, no kids; no work, kids only, partner at work - if that makes sense!). I had plenty of small projects I wanted to accomplish in this time and got very little done! Dare I say it but if you look at this time using the label 'holiday' then chances are you will treat it as such and, well, I tend to relax as much as possible at this time of year, when I have the bulk of my holidays and ...no matter how much I plan to do, I know it's my holiday and most of it will remain to be done after I go back to work and the kids are back at school... This is the first time I've come across you blog...looks iinteresting...I enjoyed your post on Zen Habits about half-habits...I have to start back the routines for the year tomorrow so this was helpful with all the things I am wanting to work on...oh and this last week I've started replacing some of my coffee with green tea...so well-timed all round! Thanks. Hi Haider,

Like Jessica and yourself I’ve had a similar experience…although I’m not currently looking to quit my job…I’m in my fifth week of holidays of various forms (no work, home with family; work, no kids; no work, kids only, partner at work – if that makes sense!). I had plenty of small projects I wanted to accomplish in this time and got very little done!

Dare I say it but if you look at this time using the label ‘holiday’ then chances are you will treat it as such and, well, I tend to relax as much as possible at this time of year, when I have the bulk of my holidays and …no matter how much I plan to do, I know it’s my holiday and most of it will remain to be done after I go back to work and the kids are back at school…

This is the first time I’ve come across you blog…looks iinteresting…I enjoyed your post on Zen Habits about half-habits…I have to start back the routines for the year tomorrow so this was helpful with all the things I am wanting to work on…oh and this last week I’ve started replacing some of my coffee with green tea…so well-timed all round!

Thanks.

]]> By: Haider http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/01/30/evaluating-my-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Haider Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:54:11 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=242#comment-77 Dear Jessica, Thank you for pointing me to your blog. I love it when commenters provide me with content I can benefit from :) Different people have different constraints that limit their ability to get the results they want. My main constraint over the holiday was that I didn't allocate time for different projects or communicate my schedule with those around me. So people were distracting me while I worked, or I felt guilty working on my site when I had people waiting for me to get work done for them. I think it's very important to have "work time" that others know about and that delimits work to that time only, so it doesn't spill over and dominate your life. Usually when that happens it's only the thought of work and guilt for not doing it is what haunts you... I wish you all the best with your novel (and Jed's chilli farm)! Dear Jessica,

Thank you for pointing me to your blog. I love it when commenters provide me with content I can benefit from :)

Different people have different constraints that limit their ability to get the results they want. My main constraint over the holiday was that I didn’t allocate time for different projects or communicate my schedule with those around me. So people were distracting me while I worked, or I felt guilty working on my site when I had people waiting for me to get work done for them.

I think it’s very important to have “work time” that others know about and that delimits work to that time only, so it doesn’t spill over and dominate your life. Usually when that happens it’s only the thought of work and guilt for not doing it is what haunts you…

I wish you all the best with your novel (and Jed’s chilli farm)!

]]> By: curiousjessica http://personalgrowthmap.com/blog/2009/01/30/evaluating-my-holiday/comment-page-1/#comment-76 curiousjessica Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:47:18 +0000 http://personalgrowthmap.com/?p=242#comment-76 Hi Haider, I just posted about this very thing! I hate commenters who say that, but in this case I think you might benefit from my article. I tried working at home and the first result was an absolute waste of time. But after implementing a few changes, it is going great! I think setting goals first thing in the morning and trying to develop some kind of routine are the best two peices of advice I heard and used. I still have a 9-5 job but I am getting so much work done on my personal projects each saturday and weeknights compared to before. I wish you well, and hope that you find a routine that works for you! Hi Haider,
I just posted about this very thing! I hate commenters who say that, but in this case I think you might benefit from my article. I tried working at home and the first result was an absolute waste of time. But after implementing a few changes, it is going great! I think setting goals first thing in the morning and trying to develop some kind of routine are the best two peices of advice I heard and used. I still have a 9-5 job but I am getting so much work done on my personal projects each saturday and weeknights compared to before.
I wish you well, and hope that you find a routine that works for you!

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