Barring Work Exigencies
I love the work I do. There's so much to learn & it's not just legal stuff. It's like I get to have a taste of all sorts of different professions. I get to take it all in, surround it with law & put it back out in a whole different form. It's all a matter of perspective & stance, trying to take apart the grey in black and white, & showing how grey the black & white really are. There are times when the work gets so heady, everything else falls away.
I've had odd sort of difficulties too, with work, though the toughest thing to do is to have to give someone the answer they don't want, and live with the look of disappointment on their faces. I guess in a way, I'm one of those people who want to please.
I don't like having to say I can't finish a piece of work by the deadline given, but I don't do it unless something absolutely urgent crops up, killing my planned schedule. I don't like having to say I can't take on more work, but I don't do that unless I already have so much on my desk, that it's well impossible for do the work wanted to the required standard in the time given. I figure it's much worse to get back to the person at a later time saying I haven't got anything, which makes it tougher for them to find someone to do the work at that time or to do it themselves. I'd rather tell the truth earlier. The past crazy week was a week where I had to do both those things. It was not fun at all. One of the bosses still doesn't look too favourably on me anymore.
The long weekend has actually been a good mix of sleep, long drives with family, movies with friends, bouts of exercise & work. It's been productive & unproductive all at once. As much as I want more R&R right now, I know by the end of Wednesday, I'm going to be kicking myself for not getting more work done.
The one thought I cannot get out of my head is the urge to go lie on the beach in the sun, with a cushion under my head, an enthralling book in hand & gorgeous music.
I'm going to have to have to do that soon. Subject of course to my standard disclaimer when it comes to the social life: barring work exigencies.
I've had odd sort of difficulties too, with work, though the toughest thing to do is to have to give someone the answer they don't want, and live with the look of disappointment on their faces. I guess in a way, I'm one of those people who want to please.
I don't like having to say I can't finish a piece of work by the deadline given, but I don't do it unless something absolutely urgent crops up, killing my planned schedule. I don't like having to say I can't take on more work, but I don't do that unless I already have so much on my desk, that it's well impossible for do the work wanted to the required standard in the time given. I figure it's much worse to get back to the person at a later time saying I haven't got anything, which makes it tougher for them to find someone to do the work at that time or to do it themselves. I'd rather tell the truth earlier. The past crazy week was a week where I had to do both those things. It was not fun at all. One of the bosses still doesn't look too favourably on me anymore.
The long weekend has actually been a good mix of sleep, long drives with family, movies with friends, bouts of exercise & work. It's been productive & unproductive all at once. As much as I want more R&R right now, I know by the end of Wednesday, I'm going to be kicking myself for not getting more work done.
The one thought I cannot get out of my head is the urge to go lie on the beach in the sun, with a cushion under my head, an enthralling book in hand & gorgeous music.
I'm going to have to have to do that soon. Subject of course to my standard disclaimer when it comes to the social life: barring work exigencies.
2 remarks:
heya, i hope you do manage to work the beaching into your social calendar sometime in the near future.
catch u ard soon..
Ahahahah.....beaching makes me sound like a whale!
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