With joy, relief and excitement, I recently re-entered the workplace after a long and arduous search for the right fit for me. It's a job that offers me lots of different tasks, loads to learn and great folks to do it with. So I have tons of gratitude. Along with the steep learning curve of being in a new job, here are 3 others "truths" I've recently learned:
1. "The only reason for time is so everything doesn't happen at once" - Albert Einstein
Al, you make a good point. Here's another universal law that needs testing: are there indeed not enough hours in the day? Because I feel a tightness in my stomach on a daily basis wondering how to balance work with "life" as I knew it. When do I relax? Sleep? See friends? Do laundry? Walk the dog? Grocery shop? Blog? Watch TV (this one is huge, I need help integrating this!)? Billions of people in the world do it, or at least accept they can't do it all, so I trust I'll get there too. But right now, I feel like I've hit a huge, iceberg of a wall!
2. “God loveth the clean" - the Koran
I loveth the clean too but what I loveth more is paying others to clean my house. And I need to get on that, right away. Even if I find the time to clean (see point number 1 about not having enough time), why would I want to waste it by cleaning up...waste? Time to find someone who will take care of this!
3. "A diva is someone who is a perfectionist, who does her best in her craft" - Patti LaBelle
Well hell's bells. If that's true, then I am a diva! But seriously, on a day to day basis, what I struggle with is wanting to do it all perfectly. Because that's totally achievable: 3 weeks into a job in an industry I previously knew nothing about and obviously I should have mastery. Pah! When I sit back and look at myself, I see how unrealistic I can be with my expectations of myself. Do others do this to themselves? Have ridiculously and unachievable goals of themselves and beat themselves up for not meeting them?
I wonder what I'll have learned by 13 weeks! I'll keep you posted!
I feel your pain girl and I know you know it. I've often wished for more time in the day. The truth is you come to accept the things at home that just won't get done in favor of having a little time for yourself.
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