Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Balance I Have Not Found

Written a couple of weeks ago.

I still haven't found my balance.
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I'm on my third week back at work and I haven't found my balance.

I used to pride myself on always guarding my time away from work. I would not bring my computer home so that I didn't have an expectation to work at home. I would work late if I needed to, but it was at the office.

Now, I'm finding that maybe the best way to achieve balance is to make sure that I work from home a day or two a week, or a half day on certain days of the week.

I was running QC for a project over the weekend and the beginning of this week. The beginning is the most important time to be on top of things because if you let them slide for 6-9 hours, then that very well may be 6-9 hours of lost time and mistakes that could have been revised.

So I brought home my laptop and worked from home on Friday. It was glorious. I was on top of things, I was in touch with everyone, and I got to nurse my baby on demand, which only takes about 10 minutes per session out of my day rather than 30 minutes per session (sure, I can work while pumping, but the set up and disassembly is rather time consuming). I have a window in my guest room, where my desk is set up, too. Anyways, I was working around the clock, sleeping in short bursts and up until 3 am most nights. I would work from home in the morning and head into the office at noon and spend the afternoon there, where I could have meetings. I wish that could be my schedule every day. I really liked being able to work at home from when my son woke up until about 11 am and then get ready and go to the office when there was no traffic.