Found out today, while scheduling PTO for the holidays, that I am currently at my limit for saving up my Paid Time Off. I’m unable to accrue any more free time-money. 280 hours, max. That’s 7 fucking business-weeks. What even am I doing with my life? In “Star Trek: Insurrection”, Captain Picard mentioned he had …
Tag Archives: work
Oops! All Side Quests!
Work has me exhausted; I can’t work fast enough to finish one project before two tasks, three manager questions, and four support requests come in. So much context switching, and I lose time and energy. So much energy. The stack keeps deepening. People ask me, “Hey Shawn, why don’t you play games to unwind?” “Well,” …
Kein Traum jetzt, Arbeit morgen
My two weeks of “vacation” ends today. Tomorrow, I have to go back to the office. I’m not looking forward to the questions, because I just don’t have any good answers. “Have a good break?” “No.” “Hope you’re well-rested?” “Also, no.” “Took the time off to recharge and reconnect with your loved ones?” “Look, I …
Shelved
Been a bit too bowled over lately to have any sort of downtime for private thoughts and introspection. Too much that I have to / want to do. Most of my blathering goes onto Mastodon for the dopamine points, but on rare occasion (usually the weekends) I scratch out something in my paper journal. This …
Duty
For those following along at home, yes, I was out of town for 2 weeks. I burned 2 of my 5 weeks of vacation time in Texarkana, certainly not having a vacation. My mother had lung surgery, and she needed my and my sister’s help to get through it. If you smoke, quit now while …