Category Archives: Journal of an Employee

As a member of the working class, i may have sudden sparks of inspiration, some stories to share, some happenings to remember, or just some ideas to run by my blog

Morning routine

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Trying to get back in shape & to being the morning person that i know i am.

 

18 April 2016. Day1.

Wake up at 7.00 AM – Check

Open the windows, breathe in the morning air, water the flowers –  Check.

Go back to bed till 8.00 AM – Check.

19 April 2016. Day2.

Wake up at 7.00 AM – Check

Open the windows, breathe in the morning air, water the flowers –  Check.

Postpone working out till the next morning –  Check.

20 April 2016. Day3.

Wake up at 7.00 AM – Check

Open the windows, breathe in the morning air, water the flowers –  Check.

Go back to bed till 7.25 AM – Check.

Easy workout for 5 minutes +  5 Full Push-ups +  40 seconds plank – Check

Yey.

Check.

 

 

Before and After

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Today was the day that i was prepared to give more money than usual for a haircut. Today was the day that i was prepared to actually make a change in my appearance. Today i was ready to go to a nice hairdressing salon. For the 1st time.

But aside from the fact that the scalp massage while i was getting my hair washed and the nice smell of the shampoo, i did not really grasp the whole ‘ Style salon’ idea. Coz what i left with was hair just a bit shorter and the walled a lot lighter.

On the way back to work i tried to convince myself that it was for the better, than now i can avoid being self conscious about my new look, that i can still wear my hair up and that my relatives will not comment on my haircut, but will have to find another personal aspect of my life to comment on.

So this is basically how i felt:

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It made me smile –  but, to my surprise, the above was not applicable in my case.

Coz when your male co-worker notices that you have had a haircut, it means that the ‘After’ IS different from the ‘Before’.  Or maybe he has a very keen sense of observation. Or his wife trained him well.

 

12 Hrs

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Little, or no work-life balance is when i get to work in the morning and it says grey on white that i uploaded a file to the common platform just 12 hours ago.

In these 12 hours that have passed, i managed to have coffee and a heart to heart talk with a friend, read 3 chapters of my book, sleep, go to the swimming pool and swim 1.350m, get back home, prepare and get to work, buy breakfast and socialize briefly with 2 colleagues.

Pretty impressive, now that i think about it.

Stop Half Working

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Principle to be reinforced today: Stop half working!

Because yes, time goes by and at the end of the day i realize i did not accomplish half of what i had set to be done … So it is either because i set too many tasks per day, or because i waste time without even realizing it. Will see at the end of the week, wish me luck!

Inspired from the article from Business Insider 3 Time-Management Tips That Will Improve Your Health And Productivity.

Autumn mornings – lazy thursday

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lazy thursdayI don’t really like autumn mornings with Ireland/UK like weather. It is still dark when the alarm rings,  just do it. I snooze. Without too much hesitation.

On most of these mornings, I get up by the time the alarm rings again –  after several snoozes – at 7, but today was different. And it was not different in the sense that I promised myself the day before – it was different because I snoozed more.

I wanted this morning to be different. I wanted to get up early. I wanted to get back to my previous working out routine.

But no, it was not different. It was exactly the same – I had the same excuses.

The autumn mornings are cold, damp and dark. My apartment is not too warm in the morning either, and it creates a very deep and hard to resist wish to just stay in bed under the covers, where it is nice and warm.  and where there is nothing but you and the dreamland.

The autumn mornings are ones in which I know I will have to spend quite a fair amount of time to get to work.

The autumn mornings are ones in which I do not seem to have the necessary energy, when I feel s hungover with no reason.

Hung over nothing. Yes, these are the autumn mornings.

I got into work later than usual today. No matter – I was still the 1st to arrive. I guess I wasn’t the only snoozer.

Coffee please!