... Of Mice and Men
The thing about having plans and goals and to-dos is that I have to remember that it's not the end of the world when my day doesn't follow them the way I was hoping.
Today, my plan was to get my work emails down to 50 and sort through the paperwork of all my outstanding queries, chase things up etc. After work I was going to go to Tesco to buy carrots and cleaning wipes, I was going to catch up on laundry and dishes, I was going to go for a walk, I was going to wipe down all the kitchen counters and sort out the junk on the kitchen table. I was also going to write at least 250 words on Teacher!Daniel, and type up my notes for Lorne/Cam and Sam/Daniel fics that I'd been texting with
charlies_dragon
I got to work and had 101 emails. Not too bad, only 12 more than when I left on Friday. But I left the day with 120. I didn't get a chance to look at a single ongoing query. The day started with an urgent update to our computers because of that ransomware that hit Europe over the weekend. We had an email from IT with pictures and step-by-step instructions. Could anyone else in the department figure theirs out? Nope, I ended up doing everyone's for them. That lost an hour.
This afternoon we then had an hour and a half's seminar on 'wellbeing', about looking after ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally and socially. Identifying triggers. It was like being in a freaking CBT session, although there were some helpful tips on creating habits and rituals. We're all going to be sent an Energy Audit so we can assess the areas in our lives we need to focus on and create goals and plans and share them in the next session.
Yay?
I did get to Tesco, and I did buy carrots and cleaning wipes. Nothing else. I did get the dishes done. I did make a healthy dinner. I did make my packup for tomorrow.
Sadly, I did not get any laundry done, I did not go for a walk, I did not wipe down the kitchen and sort out the junk. I did not write any fic or type up any notes. But, I also did not go to the shop and buy chocolate but instead had a glass of water and an apple with peanut butter.
All in all, I think today has been a win.
Today, my plan was to get my work emails down to 50 and sort through the paperwork of all my outstanding queries, chase things up etc. After work I was going to go to Tesco to buy carrots and cleaning wipes, I was going to catch up on laundry and dishes, I was going to go for a walk, I was going to wipe down all the kitchen counters and sort out the junk on the kitchen table. I was also going to write at least 250 words on Teacher!Daniel, and type up my notes for Lorne/Cam and Sam/Daniel fics that I'd been texting with
charlies_dragon
I got to work and had 101 emails. Not too bad, only 12 more than when I left on Friday. But I left the day with 120. I didn't get a chance to look at a single ongoing query. The day started with an urgent update to our computers because of that ransomware that hit Europe over the weekend. We had an email from IT with pictures and step-by-step instructions. Could anyone else in the department figure theirs out? Nope, I ended up doing everyone's for them. That lost an hour.
This afternoon we then had an hour and a half's seminar on 'wellbeing', about looking after ourselves physically, emotionally, mentally and socially. Identifying triggers. It was like being in a freaking CBT session, although there were some helpful tips on creating habits and rituals. We're all going to be sent an Energy Audit so we can assess the areas in our lives we need to focus on and create goals and plans and share them in the next session.
Yay?
I did get to Tesco, and I did buy carrots and cleaning wipes. Nothing else. I did get the dishes done. I did make a healthy dinner. I did make my packup for tomorrow.
Sadly, I did not get any laundry done, I did not go for a walk, I did not wipe down the kitchen and sort out the junk. I did not write any fic or type up any notes. But, I also did not go to the shop and buy chocolate but instead had a glass of water and an apple with peanut butter.
All in all, I think today has been a win.