TODAY’S CHALLENGE: Write a response blog post to this question:

What does your perfect day look like?

Top Tip: Get as clear as you can and don’t let anything hold you back from stating every aspect of your day.

A “perfect day” for me in life and business is ever-changing. Where I am, who surrounds me, whom I talk to, the hours I have free — nothing is ever consistent. I guess a perfect day, though, would have certain components, whether I’m snug at home with family, hanging in a hotel with Stefan, or flying across the country.

Work

I want to talk with a client, reader, or colleague every day. Nothing is more inspiring than to hear about the work other writers and entrepreneurs are doing. To answer their questions and feel their relief when they move forward from fear or inaction.

Even though I kinda love to pour myself into work now — pretty much every moment from waking up and checking email on my phone to writing this blog post on my laptop before bed — I know that soon I will build a team and create systems to better streamline everything that needs to happen to keep DIY Writing moving forward.

I should build more free time into my day.

To accommodate travel, exploring wherever I travel to, enjoying comedy, spending time with Stefan that doesn’t involve any iota of comedy or business, and taking care of myself; I’d like to see a workday that lasts no longer four hours, maybe four days each week. I feel guilty just writing that.

Writing & Reading

Aside from being the foundation of my work, writing is also my favorite way to reflect and play. Not every day has a significant writing sesh — but it should. That’s why I do things like this blog challenge (or start this blog in the first place). A perfect day would have plenty of time intended for writing, and free time for reading — books, not just blogs.

Stefan

Comedy girlfriend alone days suck. Stefan and I are both better when we travel, rest, work, and play alongside each other.

Family

On a perfect day, I could Skype with my niece, see everything she’s up to, offer her the inspiration and motivation she needs to follow her childish and adolescent dreams. She’s just a year and a half old now, so I’m willing to wait a few years for this part of the dream to manifest.

Comedy

My relationship to comedy has changed a lot over the past year or so. It’s no longer the focus of my writing, as I once thought it would be. Stefan doesn’t pound the pavement of local open mics like he once had to. I see stand-up once or twice each week, which is a far cry from the way I used to be saturated in it. A perfect day would probably be more like the good old days, when I had evenings wide open to mingle with comedians and see their latest stuff.

Health & Self-care

I’m not a health hut. I hate exercise. I know digital entrepreneurs are supposed to be all new-agey and totally into a healthy yuppie lifestyle, but I’m not. I love frozen pizzas and candy bars and Netflix.

But I do want to stay skinny and feel generally good. So far, that’s going well. I’m vegetarian, I’m intentional about carbs and sugar, I do yoga most days, and I walk outside sometimes. I want to keep doing this bare minimum so I don’t become fat, sore, and sick as I age, but more than that doesn’t interest me. I don’t feel guilty saying that.

This is a little general.

This exercise — like the prompt on Day 2 to imagine doing anything I want in life — is somewhat moot. I don’t do much in my day that I don’t want to do, so I could consider that perfect. I definitely have some ideas about how I’ll adjust my schedule and priorities once I gather the resources to build a DIY Writing team. but those are plans, not fantasies. And I don’t like to talk about plans — I prefer to talk about action.

This blog post is boring.

Too much about me. Your turn.

What does YOUR perfect day look like?

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