yes, i am still alive
but now i am a very busy lawyer-type and will not be posting much. if ever. but i had wanted to post the fact that i was very pleased to discover that i enter/exit the dupont metro station on its north end and i exit/enter the gallery place metro station also on its north end. so the point is that at no point do i have to walk the duration of a metro station to get to the side i need to be on. it is very convenient.
but then i decided that i would also post a smidge about my life. i hope this smidge does not violate my very sincere efforts not to post anything that would get me in trouble.
anyways, i started work exactly three weeks ago.
since then i have not made myself a real dinner (or even been to the grocery store, for that matter), or unpacked my apartment (ok, so that is more b/c i am really averse to doing so), or made it to the gym, or met up with friends (tho jared was in town the first weekend and i have been on a train out of town the past two fridays). do you get where i'm going with this?
and i'm not even really busy yet. and i'm at a really life-friendly firm.
all the things that were once an everyday part of your life that you didn't even think about. there just isn't time. i mean, maybe during finals i felt like i was too busy to go to the grocery store, but now it's like not only is it too late to go to the grocery store, but then i can't even figure out what the point is, b/c it's not like i'm ever going to be home in time to make a real dinner. or maybe i will be, but i don't know when that will be and all the meat will be rotten and all the produce gross. i can't even figure out what i'm going to be eating for dinner for the next year.
i mean, say that i get into the office at 8:30 (which really is what i think i can do b/c i was trying to make myself a morning person and it just really didn't go well,) and then i work straight thru, eating lunch at my desk (which i am going to have to start packing b/c getting lunch is so frustrating) and then there's a gym class at 5:45. well, i'll have to leave at about 5:25 to walk the 4 blocks to the gym and change my clothes, then the class is over at 6:45 and i need to shower and whatnot. well, by now it's after 7:00 and do i really want to go back to the office at 7? but i can't just leave the office at 5:15 and be done! and even if i did, i mean, it's 7:30 by the time i get home and i cook dinner and then i eat the dinner and maybe watch an hour of tv and call jared and it's already almost time for bed! do you see this?
oops, this wasn't supposed to end up being a complaint. it's not a complaint. i'm just saying, i think it would be tough enough if we had a normal old 9-5 job, but this isn't a 9-5 job and well, it's not easy.
speaking of which, i brought home a ton of reading to do tonight and i still haven't started that either. (nor have i eaten.) if you've got any pointers (but don't say drop the gym, b/c i feel sooooo gross and i really am serious about going a few days a week), i would really appreciate them. if anyone is still reading. =)
but then i decided that i would also post a smidge about my life. i hope this smidge does not violate my very sincere efforts not to post anything that would get me in trouble.
anyways, i started work exactly three weeks ago.
since then i have not made myself a real dinner (or even been to the grocery store, for that matter), or unpacked my apartment (ok, so that is more b/c i am really averse to doing so), or made it to the gym, or met up with friends (tho jared was in town the first weekend and i have been on a train out of town the past two fridays). do you get where i'm going with this?
and i'm not even really busy yet. and i'm at a really life-friendly firm.
all the things that were once an everyday part of your life that you didn't even think about. there just isn't time. i mean, maybe during finals i felt like i was too busy to go to the grocery store, but now it's like not only is it too late to go to the grocery store, but then i can't even figure out what the point is, b/c it's not like i'm ever going to be home in time to make a real dinner. or maybe i will be, but i don't know when that will be and all the meat will be rotten and all the produce gross. i can't even figure out what i'm going to be eating for dinner for the next year.
i mean, say that i get into the office at 8:30 (which really is what i think i can do b/c i was trying to make myself a morning person and it just really didn't go well,) and then i work straight thru, eating lunch at my desk (which i am going to have to start packing b/c getting lunch is so frustrating) and then there's a gym class at 5:45. well, i'll have to leave at about 5:25 to walk the 4 blocks to the gym and change my clothes, then the class is over at 6:45 and i need to shower and whatnot. well, by now it's after 7:00 and do i really want to go back to the office at 7? but i can't just leave the office at 5:15 and be done! and even if i did, i mean, it's 7:30 by the time i get home and i cook dinner and then i eat the dinner and maybe watch an hour of tv and call jared and it's already almost time for bed! do you see this?
oops, this wasn't supposed to end up being a complaint. it's not a complaint. i'm just saying, i think it would be tough enough if we had a normal old 9-5 job, but this isn't a 9-5 job and well, it's not easy.
speaking of which, i brought home a ton of reading to do tonight and i still haven't started that either. (nor have i eaten.) if you've got any pointers (but don't say drop the gym, b/c i feel sooooo gross and i really am serious about going a few days a week), i would really appreciate them. if anyone is still reading. =)
posted by laura at 7:12 PM
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I worked as an attorney in a law firm before moving on to other things. Here's what I found to be worthwhile:
If you're not a morning person, go to gym over lunch. If you leave it to after work, you will see the inside of a gym about once a month (usually on your day off) and before major holidays.
Bring your lunch so you can eat at your desk after the gym.
Here's what I wish I had had when I worked:
An ability to refuse to let 'work creep' take over my life.
Check out 43folders.com or zen habits or other websites about organizing your workday so you can legitimately leave work at a decent hour. The sites are a bit fetishistic (I don't think David Allen is a minor deity), but there are some good tips there.
Good luck!
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