So I'm on my way home at the close of another week. The weekend was something I looked forward to each week during college. It meant sleeping in, spending time with friends, college football (or other sports), and no class. It seems as I get older/working full time, I don't look forward to the weekends as I did before. Most of the the things I listed above are still viable options of things I could do, but realistically they're not as feasible. I don't have to go to work on the weekends, but I often feel more busy on the weekends than I do during the week.
My weekends now seem to be occupied with running errands, planning lessons for church, cleaning, and going to meetings for everything but work.I don't really get to sleep in because Saturday mornings I'm usually on my bike (there's just something about being on your bike early in the morning that gets me out of bed. Sunday mornings I have church meetings early, so my sleeping in is until 9, not much sleeping in when you're up late the night before trying to get stuff done.
Now yes, could I better "time manage" my weekends... Yes. Do I want to... No, I time manage all week, and it hurts my head. The weekends are supposed to be my escape from the stresses of my job. I wish this was more true. I have a horrible tendency to check my work e-mail during the weekend. More often than not I get at least one distressed e-mail from a student and spend time brainstorming how to resolve the situation. Realistically, there is nothing because I cannot access any of the students records from home, but that doesn't stop me from thinking about it. This has been the case the last few weekends as I have dealt with a student whose Financial Aid has not processed. Nothing I can do but all I think about is this student panicking. I look forward to the day I master the art of leaving work at work.
This weekend won't be much of a weekend either. Tomorrow I'm on the bike at 8:00am with a friend. At 12:30 I fly to Detroit for my interviews with Bowling Green State (ps- it's really cold there right now... not thrilled). So tonight and tomorrow will be spent making packing lists, ironing, killing trees printing off all my confirmations for my flights, hotel, and interviews, packing, and I'm sure a good deal of stressing! I think the closest I'll get to a "weekend" is the down time I'll have at my hotel in Detroit.
Weekends are great, but they can also be stressful. Whatever your weekend holds, I hope it's good and maybe a little relaxing. I hope you don't find yourself in my common predicament of writing a close friend asking her if there's anyway I could get another day. Take care, be safe, and don't let the weekend just be an extension of the week.
My weekends now seem to be occupied with running errands, planning lessons for church, cleaning, and going to meetings for everything but work.I don't really get to sleep in because Saturday mornings I'm usually on my bike (there's just something about being on your bike early in the morning that gets me out of bed. Sunday mornings I have church meetings early, so my sleeping in is until 9, not much sleeping in when you're up late the night before trying to get stuff done.
Now yes, could I better "time manage" my weekends... Yes. Do I want to... No, I time manage all week, and it hurts my head. The weekends are supposed to be my escape from the stresses of my job. I wish this was more true. I have a horrible tendency to check my work e-mail during the weekend. More often than not I get at least one distressed e-mail from a student and spend time brainstorming how to resolve the situation. Realistically, there is nothing because I cannot access any of the students records from home, but that doesn't stop me from thinking about it. This has been the case the last few weekends as I have dealt with a student whose Financial Aid has not processed. Nothing I can do but all I think about is this student panicking. I look forward to the day I master the art of leaving work at work.
This weekend won't be much of a weekend either. Tomorrow I'm on the bike at 8:00am with a friend. At 12:30 I fly to Detroit for my interviews with Bowling Green State (ps- it's really cold there right now... not thrilled). So tonight and tomorrow will be spent making packing lists, ironing, killing trees printing off all my confirmations for my flights, hotel, and interviews, packing, and I'm sure a good deal of stressing! I think the closest I'll get to a "weekend" is the down time I'll have at my hotel in Detroit.
Weekends are great, but they can also be stressful. Whatever your weekend holds, I hope it's good and maybe a little relaxing. I hope you don't find yourself in my common predicament of writing a close friend asking her if there's anyway I could get another day. Take care, be safe, and don't let the weekend just be an extension of the week.
