Summer Time and the living is easy (yeah, right)
The wheel turns, another chapter of my life begins.
My parents have returned to England after their big adventure in New Zealand. It is really good to hear how much my friends thought they were such nice people and clearly enjoyed their company. I'm sure they will return for another visit in a couple of years.
The glorious summer weather continues - day after day of beautiful sunshine and magnificent sunsets. Work is frenetically busy at present, crazily so. My contract at the lab is coming up for renewal soon and, interestingly, the forensic casework has suddenly started flooding in. I've already been allocated more work then I can sensibly do in the allocated time, and more arrives by the day. Although this is far from ideal, I take it as a sign that I am clearly where I'm meant to be. The high level of work makes it very likely that I will be made permanent here - there are already hints that this will happen.
The major downside to such an intense caseload is the strain it places on my poor old Sensing function. Intuition is invaluable for the assessment and initial analysis of a case, but Sensing is needed for the HUGE amount of detail that has to be recorded correctly. My attention to detail has been honed by years of practice, but ideally I require a quiet space free from distractions to be effective. When there are too many background noises/distractions/interruptions I can be sent spinning into my inferior mode. In this state I lose track of time, become overwhelmed by details, unable to see the wood for the trees, distractible, indecisive, hypermanic and inefficient.
I know when this is happening to me as a part of me remains separate and unaffected, but I have yet to find a way of making myself stop and take a break - which is what I need most at these times. Any suggestions would be greatly welcomed!
Apart from that, I feel happier in general than I have in a long time.
My parents have returned to England after their big adventure in New Zealand. It is really good to hear how much my friends thought they were such nice people and clearly enjoyed their company. I'm sure they will return for another visit in a couple of years.
The glorious summer weather continues - day after day of beautiful sunshine and magnificent sunsets. Work is frenetically busy at present, crazily so. My contract at the lab is coming up for renewal soon and, interestingly, the forensic casework has suddenly started flooding in. I've already been allocated more work then I can sensibly do in the allocated time, and more arrives by the day. Although this is far from ideal, I take it as a sign that I am clearly where I'm meant to be. The high level of work makes it very likely that I will be made permanent here - there are already hints that this will happen.
The major downside to such an intense caseload is the strain it places on my poor old Sensing function. Intuition is invaluable for the assessment and initial analysis of a case, but Sensing is needed for the HUGE amount of detail that has to be recorded correctly. My attention to detail has been honed by years of practice, but ideally I require a quiet space free from distractions to be effective. When there are too many background noises/distractions/interruptions I can be sent spinning into my inferior mode. In this state I lose track of time, become overwhelmed by details, unable to see the wood for the trees, distractible, indecisive, hypermanic and inefficient.
I know when this is happening to me as a part of me remains separate and unaffected, but I have yet to find a way of making myself stop and take a break - which is what I need most at these times. Any suggestions would be greatly welcomed!
Apart from that, I feel happier in general than I have in a long time.