It is becoming apparent to me that I need to work at balancing my life. This includes times of rest, times of work and times of play. Though I really don't feel like doing laundry when I get home, I should. If I do a little bit of work around the house each day, it wont pile up all week long. Otherwise I have 5 or 6 hours of work left for me saturday. This takes away from my weekend time to relax and enjoy time with friends and family.
I am living alone right now, and with this comes good and bad things. It is nice to be able to take a nap or do whatever I would like, not having to worry about anyone else's schedule. But at the same time I do get lonely. I am much less likely to fix myself a good meal, and much more likely to put off housework, as I don't mind seeing the mess. I look forward to the day when I have a family to take care of and to help take care of me. But for now I think I will work on taking care of myself and my house.
I've grown to find relaxation in cleaning. So most nights I'll wash dishes, or scoop cat poop, or empty the dishwasher, or do a load of laundry -- just to unwind a smidge. Usually I'll start a load of laundry right before I start a load of grading -- then I feel like I'm working twice as hard-- a little parallel processing ;-)
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