Like many people who work from home much of the time, I struggle to separate work and life - and to get that elusive work/life balance. It is so easy to just keep going into the study and answer a few e-mails or look up a website on this week's readings and before you know it another few hours have gone. I have really struggled recently to keep my working hours in check. When I started recording them I realised that a 14 hour day was not unusual. Now I accept that in this role they may occasionally be needed but I refuse to make 14 hour days the norm!
So I have tried to take control of my working life and limit the time I spend on it. But if I don't have a purpose for that time it will be so easy to drift back to work. So I am beading again - making more tiaras especially ( I am sure there will be more about that as they progress) and trying to take advantage of the sunny days to walk on the beach - a cliché but a good one. I have lived at the seaside for two and a half years and until 2 months ago could count on one hand the number of times I had been down to the beach and actually got out of my car. Now I go down and walk - and if I don't have long then I just do a short walk.
I am also leaning who I am outside my work. What makes me happy. What makes me tired. What brings me satisfaction. What feeds my depression. These were lessons learned the hard way 10 years ago but I seem to have forgotten them. Time to take control back!
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