Posts Tagged ‘Work’

Thinking about thinking about doing something »

I wouldn’t call what I’ve been in a “slump.” I’ve had ideas, and they’d be good things to write down; old projects have new life and new projects come to mind on a regular basis. What I don’t have is time, or energy, or desire. I’m busy a lot of the time, and when I’m not busy I’m tired. Even when I could potentially work after resting, I just don’t feel like pushing myself so hard that I burn out.

This is why I wanted to drop out. I just don’t have the energy to do stuff during the semester. I don’t understand why those two nights of classes wipe me out like they do, but between my job (which requires a great deal of extroversion when I’m an introvert, and subsequently drains me emotionally and mentally) and three 12-15 hour days in each five day work week (two of class, one of D&D which, being social activity, still requires extroversion as well as mental work since I run the game), I’m just gone by the weekend. So I don’t write, and I don’t bother to record videos, and I haven’t done a podcast in I-don’t-know-how-long.

Bordering on the Sicklands »

With the demands of my job and my body threatening a full revolt, I’ve been reading instead of writing and napping instead of doing anything worthwhile.

Winter 2009 Newsletter »

The Winter 2009 newsletter includes updates about my recent vacation, delays with my degree, a short story, and lots of pictures.

How Many Missouri State University Workers Does It Take To Build a Set Of Stairs? »

Stairs can be tricky, I suppose, but it seems odd that so many people were needed for this small set. With our current economic problems, is this worthwhile?

Twitter is down and we don’t know what to do »

In case you hadn’t heard. I might update this later with more funny conversations in regards to Twitter and its downage.

Permission to Loaf »

Between a broken bone, a busy work schedule, and our increased involvement with church, not much writing has happened. Despite that, I’m not going to force myself to work more. Quite the opposite, in fact.

The Danger of Devil’s Advocate »

While playing Devil’s Advocate can seem to be a good method on the surface for challenging people’s views and forcing them to dig deeper into reasoning, it usually seems to backfire and build distrust.

Moving to the Library »

Am I busy? Yes. But it’s also wonderful.

If you follow my Twitter you’ve already got a good idea what the last few days have been like. We’ve been booked solid, working or running errands all day and entertaining every evening, so we haven’t had a lot of downtime, let alone writing time. In the last three days I’ve found an hour to learn Evernote and forty-five more minutes to transcribe notes into it and play with organization schemas. I’m also learning/trying Remember the Milk as a task list and I’m liking it quite a bit better than anything I have tried before.

In Business and Faith: Establishing Standards »

A recent lesson in our Supervision Boot Camp struck me as being applicable to both managing employees and managing our lives with God.

Clavicle Update »

First, it’s not a clavix. My mistake.

Second, we have met with our local doctor, which was much more fruitful. He gauged my movement, showed me a stretching exercise I should do, and made me an appointment with an orthopedic specialist on Friday. They will be the one to decide if I need surgery or not.

I’m not taking any pain meds, other than the occasional ibuprofen, and am generally in very little pain. The first afternoon/evening was pretty hard, but that can partially be attributed to the concussion, shock, and dehydration. Sleeping at night isn’t particularly comfortable, but it’s manageable. I have discovered that my SumoSac is perhaps the most wonderful piece of furniture ever.