Tuesday gently strums her harp

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Back at work after a week+ off and I'm feeling quite perky about it.
 
I'm off work today and going for lunch.

I cannot remember the last time I slept a whole night. Last night I woke at 4am, the night before 2am. And it's always heathcliff related.

I miss the days of having a healthy pet and decent night's sleep :gross:
 
ButterTart said:
I'm already sick to the back teeth of leaving work in the dark, and we still have a good four months of it to look forward to :o
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My shop is like a goldfish bowl full of windows. It's horrible once it's dark because everyone can see me and I can't see anyone outside :(
 
The fucking wind last night meant another ridiculous night’s sleep. It’s still blowing a hooley outside.
 
I wonder how many of the Isle of Wight ferries are cancelled today because of the weather. Island life is a joy sometimes.
 
I was quite surprised to walk out into a gale this morning and see various bits of low key damage.
 
I didn’t really notice wind last night, but there was a lot of rain. I’m glad it has stopped before I have to leave the flat.
 
It's about now, that all my coping mechanisms start failing and there's an impending mental health collapse on the horizon.

But, working 3/4 days a week is really helping me not burn out and have time to recuperate.

#delicate
 
Ag said:
It's about now, that all my coping mechanisms start failing and there's an impending mental health collapse on the horizon.

But, working 3/4 days a week is really helping me not burn out and have time to recuperate.

#delicate
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Seriously couldn't recommend it enough.

I've found that one of my days off it's important for me to do nothing. I don't mean necessarily nothing at all other than watch TV or read (although that does happen sometimes), but not have anything major planned. A full diary doesn't work for me, even if it's individual things I normally enjoy. I need breathing space.
 
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lolly said:
Seriously couldn't recommend it enough.

I've found that one of my days off it's important for me to do nothing. I don't mean necessarily nothing at all other than watch TV or read (although that does happen sometimes), but not have anything major planned. A full diary doesn't work for me, even if it's individual things I normally enjoy. I need breathing space.
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This is me, I definitely need days where I just potter about a bit - if at least one day of a weekend isn't like this I start feeling a bit trapped, I've realised.
 
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Buy one of those suicide lamps to try? Who was talking about them the other day? @Sheena ?
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Yeah, I love mine! I have a wake up light I use all year round (which is amazing and far better at just getting your body in the right rhythm than an alarm) and a light therapy light I put on from about October. I should actually get mine out- I haven't yet. GOOD REMINDER!
 
lolly said:
Seriously couldn't recommend it enough.

I've found that one of my days off it's important for me to do nothing. I don't mean necessarily nothing at all other than watch TV or read (although that does happen sometimes), but not have anything major planned. A full diary doesn't work for me, even if it's individual things I normally enjoy. I need breathing space.
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Absolutely this! I always make sure I have one day a week with no plans, and usually I spend the day in my pyjamas watching crap on TV. It's one of my most favourite days.

Working 3-4 days a week is a game changer.
 
If you CAN afford it, I'd say do it. It's been the talk of progressive folk for years, but honestly dishes shine longer with time off.

Nothing beats a day or two a week of just FANNYING AROUND.
 
COB said:
This is me, I definitely need days where I just potter about a bit - if at least one day of a weekend isn't like this I start feeling a bit trapped, I've realised.
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Yes, pottering is the exact word. Just doing little, largely pleasurable things to occupy yourself that don't cause you to think too much. And nothing too exciting, even in a good way. The whole point for me is not to stimulate my nervous system too much.
 
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Ag said:
If you CAN afford it, I'd say do it. It's been the talk of progressive folk for years, but honestly dishes shine longer with time off.

Nothing beats a day or two a week of just FANNYING AROUND.
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One surgery I work at only has part time staff. Nobody works more than 30 hours a week, from GPs down to receptionists (sorry, 'care navigators'), and everyone in between - both clinical and admin staff.

I'm sure it's probably not the only reason, but also certain it's a huge part of, why it's the most pleasant health centre to work in of the dozen or so I've been based at since doing the job. The atmosphere is just entirely different.
 
The way I work since starting my own business has really made me question what I want from life. I'm currently (mostly) doing 3-4 hour days, with the odd bit of work in the evening/ weekends, usually with a day completely away from my desk and so far I've made about enough to equal my MD salary at my last job.

The next thing is to decide whether to go for world domination or just happily potter along at this level and have a much better quality of life. I still haven't quite decided that yet...
 
It's not windy here now, and I didn't wake to hear it in the night, but there were some branches down on my walk to the bus stop this morning.

I'd better check the garden fence again. I'm sure there are a couple of panels that won't survive a decent storm.
 
Sheena said:
The way I work since starting my own business has really made me question what I want from life. I'm currently (mostly) doing 3-4 hour days, with the odd bit of work in the evening/ weekends, usually with a day completely away from my desk and so far I've made about enough to equal my MD salary at my last job.

The next thing is to decide whether to go for world domination or just happily potter along at this level and have a much better quality of life. I still haven't quite decided that yet...
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I was having this conversation with my older brother the other day. He's moving back to the island and currently has a very stressful job in London, he wants to move here and set up his own small business and enjoy life more.

But then we got talking about the shop and he was coming up with all these grand ideas to grow our business, all of which would involve a huge amount of effort.

Finally he understood when I said I don't want that, I enjoy working part time and have enough money to be happy. Not work crazy hours for more money.

Everyone is different tho. Some people thrive on working loads.
 
Rachey said:
I was having this conversation with my older brother the other day. He's moving back to the island and currently has a very stressful job in London, he wants to move here and set up his own small business and enjoy life more.

But then we got talking about the shop and he was coming up with all these grand ideas to grow our business, all of which would involve a huge amount of effort.

Finally he understood when I said I don't want that, I enjoy working part time and have enough money to be happy. Not work crazy hours for more money.

Everyone is different tho. Some people thrive on working loads.
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I do and I don’t. I have massive ambitions in some ways and I fucking love money (who doesn’t) but I also quite like the idea of not actually doing very much! :D
 
Sheena said:
The way I work since starting my own business has really made me question what I want from life. I'm currently (mostly) doing 3-4 hour days, with the odd bit of work in the evening/ weekends, usually with a day completely away from my desk and so far I've made about enough to equal my MD salary at my last job.

The next thing is to decide whether to go for world domination or just happily potter along at this level and have a much better quality of life. I still haven't quite decided that yet...
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Having recently gone tits out for world domination and nearly killed myself in the process I get what you are saying. Stripping everything back and giving myself some breathing space the last few months has been great. I'm trying really hard to work smart not hard now #linkedinmotivation
 
But then also that breathing space gave me loads of ideas which I'm now implementing and of course they're hard and stressing me out.
 
big ron said:
Having recently gone tits out for world domination and nearly killed myself in the process I get what you are saying. Stripping everything back and giving myself some breathing space the last few months has been great. I'm trying really hard to work smart not hard now #linkedinmotivation
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Exactly. It’s also helping with my carer duties for my Mum, which is an important thing right now too. My current plan is to roll on until the NY and decide my next step then.
 
Sat in an empty science lab, waiting for a year 11 class, who are in a mock exam, who may or may not come.
 
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