find balance between life and work

I think I am doing fine with this. I won’t check it off the lit quite yet though – there are lots of changes coming and I want to ensure I am not swept away..

I have been taking fridays off for a weekly “mental health day” during which I do yoga, write fiction and generally chill out and not think about doing work. It has been three in a row so far and totally awesome. I think this is the balance I am looking for—- let’s just see if I can make it last before I declare this goal achieved.

They asked me if I wanted to work 4 days a week or 5, and I actually said, “4”. Let’s see if I can actually achieve that….

Yesterday I finished a huge project at work – I have some opportunity, I think, to shape a future project and try and ensure it is less, uhhh, taxing. I am also going to actualyl take some of the overtime I’ve built up OFF, to do FUN STUFF!

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GOD I thought I would never say it. But man, these satisfyingly “save the world” jobs are hard sometimes because I also really value relaxey and social downtime. Lately I have been having trouble getting enough relaxy time – even as I cut down my paid work hours…

If one works for 40 hours a week, then that time consists of one THIRD of your life during a work week. Days are too short. And so I find myself scrambling to accomplish my other goals. (write more, paint more, make more art, record more music, get outside more, etc, etc)

should we start with quitting first? *ieieie

I quit my weekend job, but now I’m struggling to get by without the extra cash. I’m trying to cut back on some things, but I’m used to having the flexibility to do just about anything I want…if I had the time. Now I have time, just not much money.

AAARRRGH. What am I going to do?

so that probably means I should to go bed and get some rest. wish me luck…