Ok. The number one reason people get into the kind of funks you’re talking about is location. You can’t stay in the same place for too long. This is a problem for you because you want a vacation, a change. You can’t just roll out of a highly structured goal-oriented life into a similar one on vacation. It’s not enough change.
First of all, try to stick something that you really enjoy in the middle of each day. Not too early and not too late. For example, lunch or an exercise date with a friend (make a list of these things and vary them if you haven’t a particular thing you really love, like swimming in a pond). Next, pick things that you want to do but not so much, and stick them fairly early in the morning, like chores or writing in your journal.
Make a “Bucket list” of things you really want to do this summer (ok, it isn’t really a bucket list, but make them cool and realistic).
Work on achieving this list.
You need to write ONE SONG every three days and find other people who want to play around on the guitar with you.
I suggest you do your songwriting in a park, or on the shore of a body of water, or on the roof, but that’s just me.
Get out your digital camera and photojournal something.
Finally, most importantly, you must move your laptop computer to your sister’s house. Make appointments to go there regularly to use it for an hour or so. Put it where your sister can interact with you. TELL HER you would like to keep your computer at her house for a few weeks to stop you from spending all of your time on it watching hulu and going on help.com.
Your sister will welcome the company and will want to help you. If your computer is only available certain hours, you will move around more, interact more, and plan more.
So, I have discovered that I can accomplish great things when I am in certain places or environments, but can accomplish nothing at all if I am in other places. You need to really try to find those places for yourself. Make a map for yourself about where you want to be at several different times of the day and stick to it!
Spend a bit of time on your philosophical self this summer, say ten minutes a day. Try to do this WITHOUT your computer, with a pen and pencil or something, or with paint or friends.
anyway, good luck. I ran out of time.