Comments on: Friday miscellany: Notes from the editing retreat

By: Laura Vanderkam

Laura Vanderkam — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 16:53:53 +0000

In reply to Briana.

@Briana – I have read it! I have a 1-year-old too…it isn’t impossible. Tough, but not impossible. If we had an emergency, our families would figure something out, which means that they could probably figure it out in a non-emergency situation too…

By: Briana

Briana — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 04:06:02 +0000

Have you read Gifts From the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh? She writes beautifully about the value of these times away. (I have a 1 year old and almost 4 year old which makes it seem impossible and endlessly lovely:)

By: Sarah K

Sarah K — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:01:17 +0000

This sounds really nice. I think I would enjoy doing a retreat like this even though I am not attempting to write anything. 🙂

By: April

April — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 13:37:49 +0000

I run my own business and my quarterly retreats are my favorite thing! I go away to a tiny home retreat in the woods, pick three big items to think about (blogs to write, one process to improve or implement, etc) and do it. I go into town a couple of times to a favorite restaurant and a trip or two to the nearby state parks for a hike, but I don’t do any client work, no TV, or household worries and it is my most productive time.

(My spouse and I only have dogs, not children, so this is much easier to coordinate but we still plan about 3months or more in advance which helps)

By: Kamala

Kamala — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:34:31 +0000

I am happy you made this happen.

By: Lisa of Lisa's Yarns

Lisa of Lisa's Yarns — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:22:37 +0000

Your personal retreat sounds absolutely lovely. I dream of doing something similar at some point but need to be in a little bit different stage of life – i.e. baby needs to not breastfeed. So maybe next year I can do something like this. My husband is talking about going on a 40th birthday trip with his friends so maybe I will plan a personal retreat like this sort of in exchange for him going on a golf trip. Then we both get time away doing what we’d like. You are lucky to live in an area where there are so many great options within a shortish drive. That is so not the case in the midwest, especially Minnesota. You have to drive soooo far to get somewhere truly different! That is one thing I appreciated when I lived in Charlotte, NC for a year. There were a lot of places I could go that were a 4 hour drive away – Charleston, Savannah, Asheville, the NC coast, etc.