You know what’s a real challenge? Learning to take a holiday when you do a job that you love!

I am conscious that I am incredibly fortunate to write as a job. I mean, I’m an author…that’s what I do! Having worked so hard for a decade to get to where I am, sometimes it can feel as though I am being ungrateful if I want to take some time off.

But you know what I’m learning – that if I don’t chose to take time off, I start to need time off. Yup, I’m talking about burnout.

When the creative well is empty, you can’t just keep dropping your bucket in there and expecting water to somehow magically appear. You have to wait. You have to rest. You have to give the well time to fill on up.

This was never a problem before I left my day job because I had at least ten hours a day when I couldn’t think about writing!

Now, all I do is think about writing, and characters, and plots, and book launches – and I love it! Why would I want to stop doing that!

This is why I have to be intentional when it comes to taking a vacation. If I’m not careful, I can get so swept up into loving what I do that I forget that I need time for my brain to recover. Otherwise the good ideas dry up and the words leave me.

SO…if I’m a little slower getting back to you on emails and social media, please be patient with me. I’m (trying!) to take a break!