Two work days left this year!
Dec. 13th, 2006 10:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravencallscrowsCan't tell i'm looking forward to time off, can you?
It'll be my first significant (as in over a week) time off work not mandated by illness since this time last year. I can feel the stress of a year of feeling accountable for getting things done while having no real resources to accomplish it. I haven't talked about it much, but i've had fairly consistent heartburn/acid reflux for the last six months and fairly constant tightness in the chest, just enough to be less than completely comfortable (we're talking 1.5-2 on a scale of 10) for the last two or three. It's time for time off, and i'm counting on the reduction in stress to help ameliorate both aforementioned conditions.
Yes, as much as i'm outspoken about things, i internalize a few degrees of magnitude more. That's going to need to stop in the coming year. I also need to make sure to get more exercise. Problem is that drop-in hockey is always at times that simply suck- they tend to be at eleven in the evening or six in the morning, during the work week. Considering i usually try to be at my desk around eight in the morning so that i can get my work done and still have time to spend with the family before the boys go to bed. Growing up, i hardly ever saw my father during the week, and i'm not going to let that happen again. My boys deserve a better childhood than i had. Hopefully they've gotten a start at it.
It's time to start coming up with goals for the upcoming year. I want to set some which are achievable and some which are going to be challenges, but will probably think through those in fits and starts over the next two weeks.
It'll be my first significant (as in over a week) time off work not mandated by illness since this time last year. I can feel the stress of a year of feeling accountable for getting things done while having no real resources to accomplish it. I haven't talked about it much, but i've had fairly consistent heartburn/acid reflux for the last six months and fairly constant tightness in the chest, just enough to be less than completely comfortable (we're talking 1.5-2 on a scale of 10) for the last two or three. It's time for time off, and i'm counting on the reduction in stress to help ameliorate both aforementioned conditions.
Yes, as much as i'm outspoken about things, i internalize a few degrees of magnitude more. That's going to need to stop in the coming year. I also need to make sure to get more exercise. Problem is that drop-in hockey is always at times that simply suck- they tend to be at eleven in the evening or six in the morning, during the work week. Considering i usually try to be at my desk around eight in the morning so that i can get my work done and still have time to spend with the family before the boys go to bed. Growing up, i hardly ever saw my father during the week, and i'm not going to let that happen again. My boys deserve a better childhood than i had. Hopefully they've gotten a start at it.
It's time to start coming up with goals for the upcoming year. I want to set some which are achievable and some which are going to be challenges, but will probably think through those in fits and starts over the next two weeks.
