February 20, 2008
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work and personal life
So I'm sitting at work right now, again reading this email that Jenny wrote me last night, and wanting to reply. And also this morning I've been writing messages here are there.. Spending time on my personal life. And part of me feels guilty.. Yet, I stayed up til 2:30 last night chatting w/ my manager about work stuff.. So I'm wondering, if work has invaded my personal time, is it then justified to do the reverse and allow personal life to invade "work time"?
This seems reasonable to me, and a good way to keep from being utterly taken over by work life. I must live my life with wholeness, and perhaps if the best route to that includes using some time in the office to do non-work things, I think that is ok. Any opinions?
Comments (10)
It makes perfect sense from a logical standpoint, but your boss might not think likewise...
To a certain extent I think it depends on what you can "get away" with.
@Panda_of_Darkness -
haha.. well, on the other hand.. I was in the office today around 10:00.. my boss didn't arrive in the office til around 12:30..
Its all very dependent on your boss I think. If its cool with them, then it should be no problem, especially when they see you working your fair share of the "8 hours". Sounds like you go over the 8 hours so I do hope they would cut you slack about some things. Plus, you have to remember that for ever four hours worked, you're supposed to be given a 15 minute break (I think that's the law all over US right?).
Personally, I think you should try to keep work and personal separate as much as you can. When it starts to invade you're personal time, it can very easily eat into your day and soon enough you'll feel overworked and perhaps resentful. So leave the work in the office and if you must, bring some of it home but not too much. When you're off the clock, you should be doing some personal development and relaxing.
hi gilbert!
YES, i believe that personal time can invade the workspace just like the nightmares that I have about work that occur at night in my home--"off the clock."
actually a pretty good program this time! ^.^ copland "rodeo", Bartok's "miraculous mandarin" (my least fav), barber's violin concerto, and chausson's poeme.
@elizyma -
Cool, rodeo is one of my favorites.
How do we order tickets?
@ggong -
well if you tell me which day (fri or sat) you wanna come i might be able to get you complimentary tix. ^.^ either that or you can buy them day of when you come in.
@elizyma -
Haha, well I'd like to attend saturday night. But I'm happy to pay for the tickets, or make a "donation" for complimentary tickets.
@ggong -
oki, i'll try to get sat tickets for you then! i'll put it in Will call - but i'll let you know when i actually get them
@elizyma -
Awesome, thanks! How exciting!
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