sitio Every minute is a choice
You know that thing about nobody ever said on their death bed that they wished they’d worked more? Well, that isn’t even remotely in play for me anymore.
There is no goram way I could have worked more.
annabanana is flying to georgia
careful, careful.
are you meditating? drinking wheat grass juice? wandering around your little garden in the morning with one eye open and a cup in hand before you get cracking?
i mean, are you looking after yourself at all?
i’ve never heard this goram expression before. i like it and steal it.
sitio Every minute is a choice
and buy the firefly DVDs. Ration them, for they are precious and when they are gone, you will pine for more.
firefly is shiny.
I am not taking care of myself unless working from 7 am to 2 am and sleeping like crap falls into that category.
Last I checked, this wasn’t the recommendation of 4 out of 5 doctors. Who the hell is that 5th doctor anyway? Do you have that commercial in Canada?
annabanana is flying to georgia
or, at least, the Royal We doesn’t because We don’t have a t.v. :D
it sounds funny, though.
sometimes i miss the 5% of t.v. that’s actually good.
hm. well, i hope everything works out in the best possible way for you.
i do also recommend wheat grass juice. grass fixes everything.
catherineaq welcomes 2010!
sitio’s recommendation that you buy Firefly but I am seconding it. We need more converts so it can come back on the air!
sitio Every minute is a choice
TV stole my childhood. It ate a lot of homework too.
But, if you’re inclined to watch the best tv show ever made, and you don’t watch TV because largely you don’t enjoy it and not because it is an evil timesink that rots your brain and drives you into a passive stupor, then you should watch firefly for the following reasons.
AnnieDee is an Extroverted Tree Hugging Money Manager
My dear late husband did say that. And the last year of his life he wanted nothing more than to continue working (which he did for quite a while). Two days before he died, he and my son spent the afternoon talking about how to partition the hard drive on his new computer, which operating systems and programs to install, etc. Weird, huh? But he rarely worked hours like you are currently doing. Slow down and take care of yourself.
Enore is
I’m afraid I can’t help you with much of anything here.
I work 90-100 hours a week, and have been doing that for four or five years now.
And sleep is WAY over-rated. I average about four hours a day, sometimes five, even on my day off.
I don’t know about YOU, but I’m thinking it might make a good goal…
Work myself to death.
Wanna team it up and see who goes first?
Oh…wait…I’m 58…you’re…well, lots younger.
Do I get credit for time already invested?
Plus, I have white hair and a bald spot…seems I should get some extra credit for that, too…
sitio Every minute is a choice
And wait… in this contest, does one win if one dies first?
90-100? That’s hard to do. That’s like them 5 pack a day smokers. They’re really butting up against the theoretical maxium. They have to do stuff like smoke in the shower, and while eating. They have to get up at night and smoke.
Do you work in the shower?
Let’s see. I’ve worked around 15-19 hours a day, around 6 days a week for a while now. Let’s call that 17… oh fuck, I work 102 hours a week.
Jesus. That’s just not acceptable. I’m not a workaholic… just a perfectionist who got swindled.
Do you like what you do?
Enore is
And I do have a heavy tendency toward workaholism.
I didn’t set out to work this way, I just sorta worked into it…and as far as my employer is concerned, I could cut it back any time I wanted…
Yet…it’s FUN…and the money ends up beign good…and it feeds my workaholic fetish.
My health is good generally. I’m very seldom sick at all and when I am it is usually mild and goes away quickly.
I do have some arthritis here and there, but that is just an ole man wearing out, and has nil to do with my work schedule.
I get virtually NO exercise, however…and, recognizing the potential problems there, I’m gearing up to change that.
Sounds like a good goal, eh?
And what a silly question…of course he who croaks first wins…
sitio Every minute is a choice
But you seemed concerned about getting credit for your headstart. I should get credit for your 19 year headstart.
I sort of wish I were a workaholic. That might make sense. Instead, I just drive myself because I don’t want to fail, I don’t want to disappoint, and good is never good enough.
Maybe I’m just fooling myself. An alcoholic is an alcoholic not because he wants to be.
Quack like a duck?
Enore is
But only the physical ones.
Maybe the emotional results are far different.
I mean, I LIKE working this way.
Oh, it gets old and I get tired, especially by the end of the week…but I do it because I enjoy it, for the most part.
It sounds to me as though you don’t especially care for not having a life outside of work…but feel compelled to do so.
I’m thinking this sort of thing could really have a negative effect on you if you aren’t really careful.
I am waking up here and reading this thread on a Sunday morning thinking this sounds all too familiar right now. I mean, I love, love, love my work…but, lately, it is beginning to feel as if I am sacrificing some pretty important things for it. And I know I am using it as an escape…but lately I feel like in order to escape the things I am working to escape…I am also escaping the things I shouldn’t escape…
I'm not really conscious of how much I work because I work from home...in fact, my work and my home life are all just sort of hodgepodged together. I work internationally so I might be on a teleconference with someone in the UAE at 6:00 am and have another conference call with someone in California beginning at midnight Paris time...sometimes I just work around the clock for days on end...taking short naps...it is always like this during certain times of the year...which is normal for me…I just accept that. That is why I used 43things to sort of regroup this summer, catch my breath and find my soul, so to speak...now that I found it, I'd like to keep it...I'm getting too old for thisSo, as I am rolling out of bed on a Sunday morning at 7 am I slept in after a restless night I am grateful for this thread. I had planned to take today off…woke up this morning and said to myself “nope…a day off is just not practical, today” and then it started to feel like I was in a dark forest…
I have now, hereby changed my mind...the most important thing I could do with today is really enjoy it in a way other than by working...I needed a little perspective…I am going to Pére Lachaise and visit my old friend Oscar Wild…
Take a day off you guys…
sitio Every minute is a choice
Save yourself.
Say hi to Jim for me while you’re there.
...just for you. I promised some photos for Stacey a while back…Oscar is for her
It’s not so weird, I guess…I go there to put things in perspective…when I think about it, that makes sense…it is a wonderful place filled with monuments of people who lived their lives and left something behind.
When I need to make a big decision, I go to the Louvre.
When I need to just be I go to the rose garden…I should really go there at least a few times a week and have my coffee there…I could do that.
Sitio…what about you…do you have special places to go?
...says “hi” and asked me to tell you to take a break…
Trauma_Junkie is going to work for "da man"
My friend find some way out of the work like a maniac pit. I find its hard to dig out, but worth it. Myself, I am trying this, though I’ve only managed 98 hours in 2 weeks, so technically only a few hours over a normal work week….but gee the work is a bit much…
catherineaq welcomes 2010!
are you, sitio?
are you meditating? doing woodwork? working out?
I hope all these reasons are why you aren’t around much, and not that you’re getting sucked back into overwork.
sitio Every minute is a choice
Thanks so much for asking.
I am strictly keeping my work hours to less than 50 per week and weekends only when absolutely necessary. My meditation practice has been fairly regular, sort of tougher with the gym schedule, though. I have been going to the gym 3 times a week no matter what.
As for not being around here much, I was in Minneapolis for a week, been to Mammoth snowboarding twice and have generally been trying not to spend as much time on the computer, even if it is as enjoyable as 43T. Plus, I think, I just haven’t had much to say.
I really appreciate you checking on me on this goal, though.
I was in a pretty dark place when I wrote the original entry here. I had broken EVERY work record I had in a pretty short period. Longest workday (36 hours). Longest workweek (111 hours). Most consecutive 100 plus hour work weeks (4). It was brutal.
Compared to that, I’m a ray of sunshine now. A virtual model of moderation.
elizabethmerchant -regrouping (again)
where you’ve been. I’m glad to hear that you haven’t been spinning out of control with work. It was scary when you were in that dark place.
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