Time off

Being really sick makes you stop for a moment.  Sure, it’s not the way I’d recommend getting your imagination working, but it did get me thinking as I lay there the last couple of days with flu.  See, I had my phone off, I didn’t check email, and I wasn’t watching TV.  I think sometimes it’s a good idea to just let your imagination have some time to itself – maybe give yourself an hour without phone/internet/TV/anything that distracts you.  Lie around.  Listen to music.  Stare at the ceiling.  Whatever.  Just let yourself be and see what travels through your mind.  Reacquaint yourself with your imagination.  I had to get sick to remind myself to slow down and take time off.  But, wow, did I get a great new idea for a book out of it…