leave work at work

I’m not working much right now…. YAY!

I still have papers to write to finish up the 3rd-to-last class of my MA. Then I hope to do this except I need to plan for next year. First though – I want to work on the Bring Maggie to Life goal – I need to write my book one day… I’ll make a list and prioritize and see how it goes.

When I wrote this goal, I meant “in my head” so that I could actually relax. At the moment, I bring home so much work that literally, work is at home. I may have been better off telecommuting and working at home!

Now that I’m teaching I got a few weeks off, so I feel rested and fabulous! When school starts though, I need to actively think about this goal.

This year anyway. I bet next year will be harder to do this, but for now, I’m very happy about how this has gone, and it confirms that my old corporate life was not as healthy. It paid better… but it sure took its toll!

and I didn’t have a stress dream about work in 2 weeks! Amazing! I love it!

If I go work out, that helps. During that hour, I am focused on the present. Otherwise, thoughts of work creep in at night when I’m cooking, trying to relax, or trying to sleep. This is really not easy.

I had a big job that took up all my mental space, leaving none for family, friends, or self. I have been doing a low-key job with very low stress, but I’m bored, so now I’m moving into a new field that I know is stressful (teaching), so I’m a little nervous about how this is going to go, but I’m approaching the new gig with the idea that I need to leave it behind in my head when I’m not working – before starting the job. I know I’ll need to take work home with me, but if I don’t have nightmares and running conversations all night long with anxiety constantly, it will still be an improvement over the last job.