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[Catrin]

Yikes Indy, I thought my week schedule was wild! I hope things calm for you soon, part of our lunch breaks are to unwind a touch for the rest of the day and you aren't getting that chance at all

bmccasland - good idea, when things get too wild at work I will do that myself.

[Crankin]

Gee, my schedule is full of things like 7 year olds with suicidal intent, a family of 8 getting their washer and dryer allowance taken away by the housing authority at the same time their 10year old daughter is refusing to go to school because of increasing anxiety, and deciding how I am going to help tell the 14 year old sister of my client that her dad is never coming home because he molested their little brother.
I'm not complaining. But, I try to keep my lunch time free so I can sit at my desk and look at TE before I go back to reality....

[indysteel]

Gee, my schedule is full of things like 7 year olds with suicidal intent, a family of 8 getting their washer and dryer allowance taken away by the housing authority at the same time their 10year old daughter is refusing to go to school because of increasing anxiety, and deciding how I am going to help tell the 14 year old sister of my client that her dad is never coming home because he molested their little brother.
I'm not complaining. But, I try to keep my lunch time free so I can sit at my desk and look at TE before I go back to reality....

Well, that puts a lot into perspective. That is some heavy stuff. My job offers its own reality checks, they're not nearly as stark as yours.

[Sky King]

When I was a marketing rep all my lunches were meetings so I started blocking out 3:30 to 5, 3 days a week and went to spinning class. I had several evening events so never felt guilty about taking an hour and a half for myself. Now that I work at Bike Touring News, downstairs from my house I miss those meetings but will say I love being my own boss

[indysteel]

When I was a marketing rep all my lunches were meetings so I started blocking out 3:30 to 5, 3 days a week and went to spinning class. I had several evening events so never felt guilty about taking an hour and a half for myself. Now that I work at Bike Touring News, downstairs from my house I miss those meetings but will say I love being my own boss

Oh, I wish I could do that. Few of my lunch time meetings are actually work related, so I can't balance out my work day like that. Most of them, instead, relate to volunteer/civic things I'm involved with.

I'll admit that I further complicate my schedule because, minus yoga one day a week, I try to go straight home after work, at least during the winter. I have some night vision issues and a 25-milie commute, so I like to get home before dark. Come March, it gets easier to schedule things because of Daylight Savings Time, but during the winter, I find myself having to cram a lot into my work day. Ironically, work itself is really slow right now; it's my lunch hour that's nuts.

But Crankin offered a dose of perspective. Plus, I do like to be busy most of the time. I just hate when things have to get rescheduled over and over again.

[Wahine]

Wow, Crankin. EEK! I couldn't do it. No. Way. The little bit of emotional overflow from life issues etc at my job drains me like crazy. I can't imagine having a day full of that stuff.

[Crankin]

I guess I have the ability to compartmentalize really well . Seriously, if you can't do this, you wouldn't make it in this field and be healthy. But, at times, when I was a teacher, other teachers told me "I thought like a man." OK, but teaching was super stressful, too. The key for me is not to make it my whole life. Like, today, I just came back from my cycling group, where we went on a 6 mile hike. It was close to my house and I don't have a client until 3. The outdoor activity keeps me sane.That and the fact my DH is very supportive. Really, the only one of the things I listed that is on my mind, is the first one. The kid is seeing the psychiatrist at my clinic tomorrow for her meds and together we will decide if she needs to be hospitalized. I just didn't feel like I needed to have an assessment done right away, but there's always that nagging thought.