I’m feeling flooded with thoughts. Way too many and all of them are very important. I haven’t had this level of change in a while. And all of them are happening in a very condensed window. Some major ones weren’t even planned. I feel like I need an umbrella in my head.
That’s okay though because I’ll step up and meet the challenges. For a short bit I felt like I hadn’t accomplished a lot recently but each day I find myself taking more and more stuff off the daily list. Sometimes when I get so busy doing and there is so much still to do I kind of lose perspective.
It’s good to at least pause and reflect for a pep talk or take some satisfaction in the jobs accomplished.
Do you ever start the workweek with the tank on empty? I feel that is the way the week is beginning for me. But as we all do we suck it up and move forward. I guess when I retire I can lose this week-at-a-time mindset.
I adopted that during a difficult period on the job and I guess it just stuck because I had to have a goal of a weekend and family/friends time. Along with the chore list but it wasn’t work for someone else. Weekends were salvation. Yes, work would intrude upon them often but I was a more effective animal trainer on the weekend in holding down the hours than the weekdays.
Come January 1st my tank will be on full all the time. I think each day will take on more significance in 2024 and beyond. Because it’s no longer a workweek next year.
Random Thoughts of the Day
- I was on a roll on the treadmill but my knee started to send me messages so I gave the legs a break yesterday. It’s good to listen to your body.
- I realized why my knee hurt, I was crawling around the floor picking up toys. But as a loving grandparent, I’ll never complain about that task. I’d crawl to the ends of the earth for those kids.
- Education is so important throughout one’s whole life. I’ve been a little lazy the last year or two but I can feel myself picking up the pace again. And it’s exciting.
- Tiss the season to chop wood. Nah, I’ll just order a cord.
