Top 10 Non-Writing Activities
The biggest thing I have in common with my followers (that sounds funny) is that we're all writers. But I was thinking I'd like to share the things that I like to do that are not related to writing. And then I'd love to hear yours.
My top 10 favorite non-writing things to do these days:
10) Listen to podcasts while I do my day job (cleaning houses). Although most of them are writing related, I do listen to a local radio show I love, The Break Room.
9) Lately I love checking out all of the fabulous
8) Playing Xbox Lego Indiana Jones (or anything else) with my four year old son.
7) Taking a hot shower
6) My husband and I just finished watching all seven seasons of Two and a Half Men, and I bought
5) Having playdates with my best friend, Vanessa (we both have kids, we don't do the playing). It's even better when we get a girls night out alone and hang out at the bookstore or mall.
4) Every Friday I look forward to getting my US Weekly gossip mag in the mail. I love crawling into bed with that.
3) Since I'm beginning my first YA novel, I've been reading lots of YA. Right now I'm really into Ellen Hopkins. I didn't like her books at first, but now I'm hooked.
2) Believe it or not, packing. We're getting ready to move into our first house in a few weeks. Anything I can do make it feel like I'm "working" on the house stuff, I'll do.
1) Shopping at Target or Old Navy. Although with our new house I'll be changing my destinations to Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond.
I'd love to hear others' favorite non-writing things to do. If you're interested, post a list on your blog and then let me know via a comment so I can go check it out.
Comments
I'll come back and leave the link. I will have to check out your YA author too. :0) Thanks for sharing.
Happy Valentine's Day!
fun activities ... mine include some of those as well, plus Sunday naps and going to my favorite hole-in-the wall restaurant.
Happy Valentines!
Salsa dancing is high on my list of non-writing things, and I also love playing a lot of sports.
Mel, I love that you go salsa dancing. I picture you and Ibis looking glamorous and twirling each other around (I don't even know if you twirl in salsa dancing.) I didn't realize you're writing a YA novel! That's awesome. I've always wanted to ask what you have/are writing.
Stephanie, Adult jazz sounds like fun. Actually, adult anything sounds like fun:)
Grandkids & horses.
Thanks for finding me and leading me to you! If you really want to know how I spend my non-writing time, check out my farm blog, blahwg!
Loved your list and thanks for carrying it on. I really love to learn about the not-so-writerly things about these awesome writers such as yourself.
And for the record, I LOVE Two and a Half Men. I attended a taping of it once, when I was in LA a few years ago. It was a lot of fun...I'm just glad that seeing it live didn't kill the illusion for me when I see it on TV!!! :)