Sunday, September 24, 2006
The Sneeze and Pee Factor
8:12 am | 
Posted by
Cat |
I've barely had time to sneeze lately...which is actually a bit of an exaggeration because I have been sneezing quite a lot lately...
I've been thinking a lot about the concept of time and priorities. Somebody asked me recently to help out with something and it 'only takes a commitment of 2 nights per week'. I tried to explain that I simply couldn't do that.
'Well, what do you do?"
I found it hard to think on my feet - what do I do? Let's have a look at the week ahead for example:
Monday - work 6:30-3:30, visit parents/aunt/uncle 4-5:30, salsa 6-9, sleep 10pm
Tuesday - work 6:30-8pm, 9pm sleep (not looking forward to this day!)
Wednesday - work 6:30 - 5:30, staff dinner 7-who knows whenpm
Thursday - work 6:30-4:30, dinner with friend 5pm-late
Friday - work 6:30 - 5 , celebrate holidays 5pm onwards!!!!
And don't even suggest my weekends are lazy...church, cleaning, and time with two of my favourite people don't leave much time left to pee. But again, this is an exageration because again, I pee numerous times on a weekend...
The thing is that this is a very stereotypical week - usually I am lucky to have a night to myself in the week...
...and this is where I started thinking priorities. As much as I'd love to try, work is not going to budge. As for main priorities - here lies family, the man and closest friends. After these comes salsa (only form of fitness at the moment!) and closer friends. Time that is left over (which is generally minimal) is still up for grabs but people who know me generally know I need notice.
I tried to organise a coffee with a colleague earlier this month and she threw up her hands in exasperation when I asked 'how's October for you?'.
I kindly explained to the person who had made this 'extra-commitment' offer that at this point in my life it wasn't going to happen. When I become a hermit and only have school to bother with, then I'll gladly take up something else - but for now I need that balance to keep from going insane.
And time for myself? Well, I'm sure if I book in early enough with my secretary I might get some...
xxx
I've been thinking a lot about the concept of time and priorities. Somebody asked me recently to help out with something and it 'only takes a commitment of 2 nights per week'. I tried to explain that I simply couldn't do that.
'Well, what do you do?"
I found it hard to think on my feet - what do I do? Let's have a look at the week ahead for example:
Monday - work 6:30-3:30, visit parents/aunt/uncle 4-5:30, salsa 6-9, sleep 10pm
Tuesday - work 6:30-8pm, 9pm sleep (not looking forward to this day!)
Wednesday - work 6:30 - 5:30, staff dinner 7-who knows whenpm
Thursday - work 6:30-4:30, dinner with friend 5pm-late
Friday - work 6:30 - 5 , celebrate holidays 5pm onwards!!!!
And don't even suggest my weekends are lazy...church, cleaning, and time with two of my favourite people don't leave much time left to pee. But again, this is an exageration because again, I pee numerous times on a weekend...
The thing is that this is a very stereotypical week - usually I am lucky to have a night to myself in the week...
...and this is where I started thinking priorities. As much as I'd love to try, work is not going to budge. As for main priorities - here lies family, the man and closest friends. After these comes salsa (only form of fitness at the moment!) and closer friends. Time that is left over (which is generally minimal) is still up for grabs but people who know me generally know I need notice.
I tried to organise a coffee with a colleague earlier this month and she threw up her hands in exasperation when I asked 'how's October for you?'.
I kindly explained to the person who had made this 'extra-commitment' offer that at this point in my life it wasn't going to happen. When I become a hermit and only have school to bother with, then I'll gladly take up something else - but for now I need that balance to keep from going insane.
And time for myself? Well, I'm sure if I book in early enough with my secretary I might get some...
xxx
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1 comments:
See, the idea is, get people in with a snappy name and leave them dissapointed! Yes, it makes for great reading indeed.
However the story you mentioned will have to wait for another time.