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Why Evenings After Work Aren’t Enough To Recover
I heard someone say that we should only do enough in a day that we can recover from at night. I can modify my personal schedule to ensure I’m not adding on too much before and after work. Wait! I have an empty nest. My time is my own after the dogs, laundry, dinner, and nightly kids texting session. What about work? I would love to quit, but dang the bills. Why do I insist on having this new car? Manage work better. Got it. Set up automatic replies, create slots on my calendar for uninterrupted time to work on tasks, plan, and act. Alright but things still don’t seem to line up with the guidance. That is the point.
I am all about following Greg McKeown’s outline for living the way of the essentialist or the disciplined pursuit of less. An essentialist makes a disciplined choice to put their time, energy, and effort into the goals and activities that matter most. If we do that, we will regain some control over our day, but what about work. There are techniques for managing our responsibilities at work and in time we can line up our career with what matters most to us, but until then what is included in our day is largely out of our control.
Prior to COVID the masses couldn’t have realized the impact work had on us. We have to work to pay the bills. We jump head first into the milieu hoping that we can make the most money we can doing…
