Working is easy when you’re not that busy

31st August 2007

Working is easy when you’re not that busy

posted in Work-Life Balance, Working Moms, Mom Rants |

I gotta come clean here… one of the main reasons I started this blog (almost a year ago!) was because I was bored at work. Very bored. Business was slow, my old boss had left, and I was floundering at work. What better time to start writing, right?

Well, the tide has turned and I’m now busier than I’ve ever been since I came back from maternity leave. Which essentially means I have little time to blog or read other blogs. Or e-mail incessantly with my friends. Or shop. (Ok, I did shop a little last week but half of it was online, so does that really count?)

Case in point: In the next two weeks I have four trips planned. Two personal and two for work. I can barely do two trips a quarter so I’m not sure how I’m going to get through the next couple of weeks. Plus, we’re losing someone on our team, but the work is increasing. I’m taking on more responsibility, which I am encouraging, but I’m worried that everything else is going to fall by the wayside (like, my roots.)

It was easy to come to work this time last year, roll in at 9, leave at 5, with a shopping date and maybe some errands thrown in. But now, I don’t have time for a lunch break either and my days are so jam-packed that I only noticed last week that wide-leg trousers are in style for fall (hence, why I blew a fortune on one pair. I don’t have time to be picky.) Not to mention I agreed to do a writing gig on the side.

With a new nanny starting and my job responsibilities increasing, it’s going to be an interesting fall, full of opportunity and new challenges. I know this is what I signed up for in the long run, but there’s something to be said about planning work around your personal life.

At least it’s a long weekend.

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1 On August 31st, 2007, Shannon said:

While a hectic work schedule is draining, having no work to do is hard, too. When things are slow, I often wonder why I bothered to drag myself out of bed and do the none-too-easy morning routine/commute/baby drop-off … just to sit at work and pretend to look busy. There has to be a happy medium, but I don’t know if I’ve ever experienced it.

2 On August 31st, 2007, Jamie said:

I hear ya. I started blogging when I was working from home almost two (!) years ago after having my second daughter. Lately I do very well to skim Google reader. I have crazy thoughts of no longer blogging, but it’s a fun outlet for me so I don’t want to give it up!

We’ll all be here when you get back. Enjoy the trips. Try to squeeze in a little fun, ok?

3 On August 31st, 2007, BirdieRoark said:

I’ve been terrible about reading other blogs too. It’s just too much work.

Personally, I’m in a different pickle - do I stay at a job that is balanced but has no fulfilling qualities or do I pursue a major promotionm and posible lose that balance?