Turns out, you can multiply time
I've been working a lot of hours lately. Today, I did the thing which everybody has told me not to do (or at least everybody I know who has recent experience working long hours). I counted how many days I've worked without a break, and how many hours I've worked on those days. In doing so, I realized that yes, you can multiply time. I added up how much I've worked, and over the past 3 weeks, I've worked the number of hours I normally would in 5.
This is really not normal for me -- our office doesn't have a culture where you work crazy hours no matter what the cost -- we are actually quite good about slowing down. But, slowing down is a luxury I don't have when I'm facing a huge deadline. I'm sure at some point in my old job I hit a higher record of hours worked per week (I remember times when I logged 80 hours over 6 days) -- but this is far more than I've worked at any point in the past 6 years. And, it's way more hours than I've done since we got married. Matt's been great -- cooking and helping around the house -- and I'm very thankful for that (especially at a time when he has his own huge deadlines).
And, though I'm sleep deprived, let me try being thankful for some other things...
1. I'm thankful for my friend Lisa. It's her birthday today, and she & her husband's anniversary. We went out on Saturday night to celebrate. I made her a sock monster! (she has a pic of it on her blog -- I have another one that I need to send her)
2. I am thankful that we have a new washer & dryer coming. Our old one died last week. Matt said I had a huge smile on my face as we walked out of Home Depot yesterday after purchasing our new front-loaders. I hope I'm still smiling come Wednesday when I have to get caught up with all the laundry!
3. I'm thankful that we get to go to Chicago next week, and thrilled that Matt gets to see a Cubs game while I'm at a women's leadership event.
4. I'm thankful for my family, far and wide, though I don't get to see them that much.
5. I'm extra thankful when I get a good night's sleep, which I'd really like tonight.
This is really not normal for me -- our office doesn't have a culture where you work crazy hours no matter what the cost -- we are actually quite good about slowing down. But, slowing down is a luxury I don't have when I'm facing a huge deadline. I'm sure at some point in my old job I hit a higher record of hours worked per week (I remember times when I logged 80 hours over 6 days) -- but this is far more than I've worked at any point in the past 6 years. And, it's way more hours than I've done since we got married. Matt's been great -- cooking and helping around the house -- and I'm very thankful for that (especially at a time when he has his own huge deadlines).
And, though I'm sleep deprived, let me try being thankful for some other things...
1. I'm thankful for my friend Lisa. It's her birthday today, and she & her husband's anniversary. We went out on Saturday night to celebrate. I made her a sock monster! (she has a pic of it on her blog -- I have another one that I need to send her)
2. I am thankful that we have a new washer & dryer coming. Our old one died last week. Matt said I had a huge smile on my face as we walked out of Home Depot yesterday after purchasing our new front-loaders. I hope I'm still smiling come Wednesday when I have to get caught up with all the laundry!
3. I'm thankful that we get to go to Chicago next week, and thrilled that Matt gets to see a Cubs game while I'm at a women's leadership event.
4. I'm thankful for my family, far and wide, though I don't get to see them that much.
5. I'm extra thankful when I get a good night's sleep, which I'd really like tonight.
posted by Becky Laswell at
9:10 PM
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