Nocturnal Portal

Alright so I took a week of leave (vacation) this past Sunday and today I go back to work at 1200. Here’s a recap…I started off this past Sunday to check out for vacation. It started at 1200 and would last until Friday the 25th (today). Sunday I was supposed to go on leave at 1200 but I slept in because my body wanted otherwise. This week lasted a moderate amount of time (given that it wasn’t for a special occasion and that I was on my own “program”). Monday and Tuesday was pretty much recuperation for the almost 5 years in my current occupation. I guess I owed my body and my brain some rest.

Wednesday I finally turned on the lights and transformed my cave into the room I so frequently despise (but also appreciate). I started the usual lists that I do (in my head/on the whiteboard/on paper/on the computer).

*Believe it or not those lists make me feel like I’m going crazy but when I look back at them, I know they work for sure.

Anyways, I put my list together and started to figure out what I needed to do. Here is what I had lined up: bills, car repairs, copy of my car key (dealership), fix my phone, figure out terminal, check the mail, pack up my stuff, check out plane tickets, sort/setup/start my files and folders, laundry, schedule my going away with my terminal leave, buy an alarm, printer ink, etc…

Today is Friday and I keep forgetting that. All I can remember is that I have to go back to work at 1200. But I remember that after today it’s the weekend again and I don’t care anymore. Most of the stuff on my to-do list has been done (minus the really elaborate/important/complicated items which just take time). Overall the week of leave, yet probably “under-used”, was something I needed. Now I can look back and be reminded that it’s not work that has been holding me back but myself. I’ve had the time to do the things I needed all this time but kept blaming it on work. I’m going to get ready for the day but I’ll be back this weekend.  As far as my phone situation, I’ll keep you posted. It was semi-amusing at first to not have a phone but now it’s affecting my time management and effectiveness.