It's way way more of a day off, because as a supervisor there was always a tendril around my neck, threatening to pull me back into the workspace.

I'm still not completely free of the tendril, because there is still that one more leftover supervisory task that I'm waiting on somebody else for, and that Deputy Boss could bug me about at any moment ( Read more... )

and it was,

but they brought it up first,

and then I said, "So long as we can spin it as my idea,"

and they said, "Of course,"

because it really was my idea, I just didn't think they'd go for it, so they brought it up first,

I crashed hard after I got home, and so I'm up early. Thursday before a 3-day holiday weekend. I will stretch and run, and then try to get all caught up on work so I can quit early. And then ... I have no plans, similar to last weekend ( Read more... )

why are these natural nerve endings of your body not enough? why pursue substances that increase your enjoyment?

all I can say is that if you manage it right, it feels good,

and I'm constantly balancing feeling good vs. my responsibilities

one of the most important realizations of the training is that "pleasure" is one of my top five core values

earth is the pleasure planet, folks ( Read more... )

T wasn't here to see me while it was happening, nobody was. But he told me on the phone the other night that he believed that once I noticed I was having any symptoms from the smoke, that it caused my anxieties to explode into a major panic attack -- that my symptoms were mainly psychosomatic ( Read more... )

It's been over 4 years since I posted in here with the "peak responsibility" tag! I'd forgotten about that tag for a while ( Read more... )

responsibility vs. pleasure?

As there's a widely contested Democratic primary for the open governor's seat, I thought about whether I'd change my registration to Democrat to take part, especially as there's no Green primary for ANY of the positions I can vote for this year, state or county. But now I've received my primary ballot in the mail, so, I may as well vote the ballot ( Read more... )

I learned a valuable life lesson by crashing into a mental hospital and attending group therapy while there.

The lesson I learned from listening to other people in this place --> was that mental illness is often the result of refusing to accept reality.

It's one thing to want the world to be a better place. It's a different thing to refuse to ( Read more... )