Cabin Fever Management Plan

I've been traveling through Asia for a little over two months now and I have to admit that despite all of my movement I'm getting pretty stir crazy. I miss my girlfriend, friends, family, apartment, and cooking for myself. Whenever we aren't shooting I'm in the e-cafe stalking people on facebook or obsessively refreshing my Google Reader for new posts - even though it auto-refreshes. I have all too much time to feel sorry for myself and lament my not-so-piteous situation.

Recently I got something of a reality check. I did some serious reflection, and I've realized that I'm only happy when I have too much to do. So, I've laid out a series of goals:

Fitness:
Get into camera-ready shape before we shoot the scene with implied nudity in India. This means running, isometric exercises, and laying off the booze and steamed pork buns.

Work:
Freelance projects - if I've got enough time to write enough emails to creep even good friends out I've got enough time to work. I'm going to complete the two freelance projects I still have outstanding from before my trip.

Cultural:
Learn about where I am - geography, history, culture.
Learn passable Mandarin - just enough to get around and not feel like a total loser.

Personal / Creative:
Write a play - I've got a lot of thoughts, many of them conflicting. I might as well let that become dialogue and a socially acceptable outlet for my extroverted leanings in a land where I don't have many folks to talk to.
Learn a monologue or 3 - Shakespeare wrote some eloquent stuff, and I'd do well to know more of it.

I'll get more specific with deadlines, etc as time progresses, but for now it's progress just to write out my intention to do more.