Great topic Blondey
I love the idea of a 4 day work week. Though I prefer to work 30-35 hours a week. That seems to be optimal for me to have balance in the other areas of my life.
Right now it's pretty much only work. I've had two days off since Mother's Day.. Early May for us. I'm still working on incorporating exercise time during the day, not always successful. Being on call and at work 24/7 makes it challenging and it never seems to fail... the minute I try to do something productive, a guest comes to the door and needs something. Yesterday I managed to get in a 30 rest period. Sat back and put my feet up, I got interrupted, but went back to it. It definitely helped with my disposition for the remainder of the day.
I'm here until November. I won't leave early because I believe in keeping my word and agreed to stay until November. And unfortunately it wouldn't look good for future employment if I were to leave early.
I had thought about some of people here who work the 7 months straight and take five months off... considered if I could do that. I don't think it's healthy or wise. The body needs recovery time and the mind/soul needs leisure time. I am at least able to speak with people, the guests who stay here. However I often feel like a parrot because most of the conversations revolve around "Where are you from"... lol. Meaningful or engaging conversations don't happen to often.
Even knowing I am only here until November, it's very challenging to keep my spirits high and not let myself become majorly burnt out and miserable. There are some days I don't meet the challenge very well. But for the most part, I am surprisingly doing well... I once told myself I couldn't do this, and I am. Now that I know I can, I choose not to do it again :)
Edited by
Riverspirit1111
on Thu 08/09/18 04:10 AM