Pace

I think I need to learn to pace myself better. I'll work very, very hard for a few days, and get a great deal accomplished — and yeah, I know, the work I do might not seem much like "work" to some (I'm not always certain my wife and nine-year-old make this distinction), but it does involve a concentrated effort and a creative spirit, and quantities of both are not limitless. So I'll have full, rich days, and then — I'll be kinda burned out, and I won't want to do much of anything.

And I can't help but feel bad about that (I always feel bad when I'm not doing much of anything, when there's always so much to be done), but when I get like this, I just don't have it in me. I have to pause, while my mind works itself back into a state where it wants to create (and work) again.