Okay, I should define drudgery. I call anything I don't want to do or am dreading doing drudgery. It is stuff that needs done but is not fun to do and no one ever wants to do it. There are tasks at work right now that fall into this category. Some of which are on a deadline. Tomorrow I will put aside paperwork to make one of these tasks a priority.
Today, I had 4 meetings. Four meetings in an 8 hour day. That's half of my work day. The first meeting is a weekly meeting that always goes well. There's never a lot of pressure, more of a here is where we are and this is the next step, type of meeting. The second meeting was about the drudgery task I have to prioritize. Not really an unpleasant meeting, just about an unpleasant topic. The next meeting was about how HR can support us. Except I already keep them really close at hand these days. Not a very useful meeting. The last meeting was a corporate quality team meeting. Always good to connect and get new information. Still it was a busy day with a lot of stuff going on.
I am just happy to be home. But I am not in the frame of mind to work the binding of my quilt.I am a little too sore in the shoulders to wrangle the quilt through the sewing machine. Hopefully a hot soak and a good night's sleep will loosen things up.
Chapter 6 of the book is especially pertinent to me. It's title is "Remind Yourself That When You Die, Your Inbox Won't Be Empty." I need to start being better at delegating. I should be walking out the door at 4:00pm not 5:00 or 6:00pm. I am paid for 40 hours of work and I am only cheating myself when I am working in excess of 50. Work will be there the next day. If things delay a project up to the deadline then I need to adjust the deadline not my hours. I also need to trust my employees to do their job.
I have to admit I am a work-a-holic. But I am going to try and do better. I need to have time with my family. I need to have time to read the books I want to read. I need to have time to create. All of these things make me a better more stable person. So I need to start shutting my computer off a 3:45pm. I need to put myself on a schedule and stick to it.
How full is you inbox. Have you learned to leave things for the next day?
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