December 17, 2006
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On Energy
I’ve noticed that for the first time since beginning the new job back in July that I’m beginning to have some energy left-over at the end of the day, sometimes at the end of the week. Notice the absolute dearth of longer posts since July? There was a reason for that. More and more frequently I’m actually going through a day of work with an idea of what the hell I’m supposed to be doing. On some level, I expected it to be this way(it was this way when I first began working with claims for a couple months), but I kid you not when I say there were days where I hit a wall around eight o clock and literally could not keep my eyes open any longer. It was if I could feel my body shutting down and telling me to find a bed soon or risk falling asleep right there. I analogize it to running a computer for awhile, having a few programs up and running, and all of a sudden the computer pops up a warning that its’ going to shut down in 60 seconds so you better save what you can. It’s like that.
Well like I said, my inner computer isn’t shutting down on me quite so often any more, or at least I can sense it coming on the days it does. This means a little more energy can be given to writing slightly more meaningful posts than those that have been inhabiting my page here for the past four or five months. I was thinking over a post by Liquidy the other day, and realized, “I have the energy not just to think about philosophy, but to actually take the time to write about it too!” My personal journal entries have been few and far between and tend to pertain more to issues with adjusting to work than dealing with any legitimate social or political issues. The 20 things to do by 50 writing was an exception(only the list made it here). It was my birthday that day. I also had the day off to recharge.
So anyways, I’m a big fan of www.marylaine.com and find many of her writings to be full of wisdom, devoid of pretension and B.S., and deeply inspiring. Go through her archives, find some of her writings on kids and, man or woman, you’ll want to have them. I have nowhere near the experience(thus credentials) to write on even a third of the subjects she’s covered, but I’d like to. So every so often I’m going to. Like her, I will just go with what inspires me on a particular day however random the subject may be. So consider yourself warned….
