ok today i realized that i am way over worked, and there is nothing i can do to catch up, besides temporarily halt (or at least strictly limit) the addition of any new tasks. it is not that i haven’t been able to successfully switch between the many thousand tasks i do each day, or not be able to prioritize accordingly… it’s just that there are too many things that i have to do… shit, i woke up this morning, and the absolute second thing i did was make a to-do list for the day.. and looking at it right now… there are still 7 things of high priority that should have been accomplished today, but were bumped because they were not as important as the other 16. ohh, and btw, tomorrow, ‘eat lunch’ is going on my list.
now, i guess it is september and well this is a busy time for us folks in education, and combine that with the the fact i have been without a holiday (excluding the couple of days i took in july – see enjoy the ride) since last christmas!!! anyways, i am fairly confident that this excessive workload will pass within the next few weeks and then everything will be a-ok again… but for now, i’ll just have to continue to plow through the piles of sticky notes, to-do text files, and of course all those flagged emails.. and see what i can pull off besides the last few chunks of my hair.
be well.
interesting idea.. but no, not quite yet.
A balance must be maintained between work and leisure. Your leisure life should consist of the things that bring you joy if but for an hour. Your vacation to your roots will give you a boost, it may be bitter sweet, though. It will also remind you of who you are not anymore, it will remind you of a simpler time and you may find out that all those people associated with your past have grown with responsibilities as well. You are well equipped to surpass the million things that must be done, they are given to you because you are the only person that can do them.
Have a kid.
Me