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Stardate: 20190422.1354 | |
Location: Living Room | |
Input Device: AlphaSmart dana.wireless | |
Software: AlphaWord | |
Audio: Silence | |
Visual: Fireplace with no fires. Sun lit indows and drapes. | |
Emotional State: Tired, recoverying. | |
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These past two weeks or so have been pretty rough for me. I | |
have been on call for the past two weeks for work and there | |
have been changes to our procedures. It has been busy and my | |
schedule has been severly disrupted. I took today off as a | |
mental health day to try and recover some more. | |
These days, I find it harder for me to deal with disruptions. | |
I am not as capable of getting back on track as I used to be. | |
I wonder if it is part of getting older or maybe it is just | |
how I am now. Well, with that in mind, I think I need to | |
make some adjustments when I am aware of these scheduled | |
distruptions, like being on call. Instead of taking a sick | |
day, maybe I can schedule a vacation day at the end of my on | |
call shift. I should also get my ducks in a row a lot sooner | |
in anticipation of these shifts. I should be fine moving | |
forward as long as I plan better. | |
One of the things I dislike about these on call shifts is | |
that I tend to put my life in suspension during these times. | |
Since my sleeping, eating, and exercise is not regular, I go | |
into this survival mode where I try to be available for work | |
and take care of these biological needs when I can. Anything | |
else, especially personal projects, practicing guitar, | |
reading books, writing, most leisure pursuits, etc., get put | |
on hold until after on call recovery. I dislike that, but it | |
is part of the job. At least these days, my shift comes up | |
every 2 months. | |
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