I have been sampling a lot of podcasts in recent months but haven't been a regular listener to any yet... (I know. I know. Shun the non-loyal listener! I listen to audio books a lot in the car, so I don't have a set time or rhythm with listening to podcasts yet and have found lots of good ones to try. Sometime I'll try to right another post with a rundown of various ones I've sampled.) The other day I was listening to an episode of Happier with Gretchen Rubin where they were chatting about designating different days of the week for different things whether it be meals (Taco Tuesday), outfits (Fun Friday), work tasks (Invoice Monday), or anything.
Now this wasn't a new concept to me. I had heard it before. I had actually tried to come up with a daily cleaning chart after my first kiddo was born thanks to Pinterest. (Pinterest, I love you, but sometimes you make me try to live up to ideals that are stress inducing.) That did not work for me at all and ended up stressing me out more instead of less, because I would think about what I didn't clean or get to that day. So I trashed the idea and assumed it wasn't for me. But...I hadn't thought about applying it to work tasks before listening to that podcast. Now as a school librarian, a lot of my days and weeks look different and have elements of both predictability and unpredictability. Some projects are short term, and some are longterm. Some days I get to my to do list, and some I don't. But I started wondering: What if I could nail down five of my ongoing responsibilities that are always needed and that I always wish I had more time for? Then I looked at what could fit under the same umbrella as another need, and came up with this list:
I am also considering doing a Saturday and Sunday one to hold myself accountable but with things I enjoy doing related to my line of work. I thought about having Saturday be a day with books (maybe some extra reading, reviewing, or picking next books to read) and Sunday being a day to write (at first probably for the blog, but after a while, maybe I could get into other forms of writing I used to enjoy too). We'll see where this goes! I'm ready to give it a try!
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