Contagious Workoholism
I’m the laziest person in the world… normally. When left on my own, I’ll tend to find a nice, cozy field on which to sit and space out to the sounds of honking geese and the visual hypnotics of nebulous gas puffs (which are sometimes natural-looking enough to be considered clouds). But lately, I’ve been swept up into a tornado of activity.
Just to recap:
- Tmesis Magazine
- GRE exam
- PLC Summer Program (teaching)
- PLC Independent Learning Program
- Putting together a privately owned website for my boss/friend
- BLOGGING!
Sadly, I’ve been ignoring that last one, which is not to say that the list is in any particular order. I can certainly lessen my time doing one or two of those things, but I don’t think I have it in me. That’s a funny concept, now that I think about it.
One thing I’ve been mulling over on my many mental detours to Vacantville is the idea of whether I’ve been having too little time to myself or whether I’ve been having too much. Also in question is what having time to myself actually means. If I choose to use my free time to start or continue an obligation to myself, is it still considered free time? Hmmmm…
Anyway, that’s enough of that. Today - just moments ago, actually - I decided to stop and reflect, and inevitably to write up a long awaited blog post. As my mind is still very much exhausted from the day, don’t mind any ingenuous (yay for GRE vocab!) remarks I may have made.
I’m due for a magazine meeting in 10 minutes, so I’m splitting this post into a 2-parter. Tune in next time to find out what color socks I’m wearing, where I go to buy Grade-A frog meat, and what I do to ensure the impossibility of my students being talked down to in their young adult lives.
This is Ray for Ray’s Journal, signing out.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:09 am
I’m on a sugar high this morning! *First comes the high.* After a precocious morning of completing a few mundane tasks, I decided to drop in to say HHHAAALLLOOOO! *Then comes the rush.* While listening to The Killers I thought that we should save the world together. After all, we can’t do it alone, right?! *Eventually though, we crash.* :D Haven’t crashed yet, but after reading your words, I thought a bit of encouragement might suffice. Keep that momentum going. You are doing fantabulous Ray, and will stumble across these humps of uncertainty on occasion. Getting over them makes it all worth while in the end. :) Woot!