“Paul said that he had fought the good fight. He had finished his course. He had kept the faith. He didn’t say the work was done.” Excellent reminder heading into a new year and setting realistic expectations (behind and) ahead of it.
What project management app do you use for managing school and work? I'm new to balancing school and full-time work and still looking for helpful tools!
I definitely feel this. With homeschooling, with mothering, with all the household tasks, even with writing. There’s never a finished point (though at least when I write, the work does not come undone). I’m writing this from my bed, because while there are many things I could still be doing, I need to nap before I can do any of them -- the work will all still be there when I wake up.
“I have to practice living with the work without my anxiety of needing the work to be finished.” <--i very much feel that. Appreciating these reflections so much!
“The work is never finished. Nevertheless, I have to lay it down regularly in order to have the capacity to pick it up again. I have to practice living with the work without my anxiety of needing the work to be finished.”
Thanks for these reflections, Lisa. I needed to read this heading into 2024!
“Paul said that he had fought the good fight. He had finished his course. He had kept the faith. He didn’t say the work was done.” Excellent reminder heading into a new year and setting realistic expectations (behind and) ahead of it.
What project management app do you use for managing school and work? I'm new to balancing school and full-time work and still looking for helpful tools!
I definitely feel this. With homeschooling, with mothering, with all the household tasks, even with writing. There’s never a finished point (though at least when I write, the work does not come undone). I’m writing this from my bed, because while there are many things I could still be doing, I need to nap before I can do any of them -- the work will all still be there when I wake up.
“I have to practice living with the work without my anxiety of needing the work to be finished.” <--i very much feel that. Appreciating these reflections so much!
“The work is never finished. Nevertheless, I have to lay it down regularly in order to have the capacity to pick it up again. I have to practice living with the work without my anxiety of needing the work to be finished.”
Oof and amen.