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On Sabbatical
10 years ago
So, the last month or so i've been aggressively 'not working'. Which is kinda great, but honestly i'm having a hard time with it. This is entirely my own fault.
I put self on a kind of sabbatical until the end of the year, due to my whole 'career focus; thing actively killing me (apparently working 50-80 hour weeks for 5 years without a real break isn't healthy: who knew!?).
so, i've mostly been drawing and playing a lot of Destiny (apparently i'm in the top 20% of PvP players now. top 2% for the Iron Banner events). Which is fun but it's kinda making me realise that I don't have much else going on these days. I'm really not sure what to do with that...
5 years ago, getting a job and more money was a life-or-death kinda MUST. and I did whatever I had to make it happen. And it worked worked!I went all-in and i've been doubling my income every year. Definitely no complaints there! but burnout is bitch and now i've stabilized things a bit more, I can't carry on the way I have been. Hence the ~£20,000 gift to myself of a few months off work.
But breaking successful habits is hard. especially when you don't want to break them. and breaking those habits isn't what I want, or really need. I need to find a new balance so I can be me; both non-career me and "crush your enemies and see them driven before me" me.
Not an easy ask. but i'm starting to see how it could be done... I think.
Come the new year i'll get back to playing with with whatever mercurial spirit it is that moves The City. but for now i'm going to just cash in some of my winnings and sit out a hand or two. I've played well and deserve the down-time.
I put self on a kind of sabbatical until the end of the year, due to my whole 'career focus; thing actively killing me (apparently working 50-80 hour weeks for 5 years without a real break isn't healthy: who knew!?).
so, i've mostly been drawing and playing a lot of Destiny (apparently i'm in the top 20% of PvP players now. top 2% for the Iron Banner events). Which is fun but it's kinda making me realise that I don't have much else going on these days. I'm really not sure what to do with that...
5 years ago, getting a job and more money was a life-or-death kinda MUST. and I did whatever I had to make it happen. And it worked worked!I went all-in and i've been doubling my income every year. Definitely no complaints there! but burnout is bitch and now i've stabilized things a bit more, I can't carry on the way I have been. Hence the ~£20,000 gift to myself of a few months off work.
But breaking successful habits is hard. especially when you don't want to break them. and breaking those habits isn't what I want, or really need. I need to find a new balance so I can be me; both non-career me and "crush your enemies and see them driven before me" me.
Not an easy ask. but i'm starting to see how it could be done... I think.
Come the new year i'll get back to playing with with whatever mercurial spirit it is that moves The City. but for now i'm going to just cash in some of my winnings and sit out a hand or two. I've played well and deserve the down-time.
Garr
~garr
OP
like a vacation but with tax breaks ;)
