To continue with my previous diatribe about the good and bad associated with my job, I realized tonight that, even though I truly love what I'm doing and feel like I'm helping people, if the portions of my days were assigned a numerical score (add numbers for good stuff and subtract for not-so-good stuff), my end-of-the-day score would often be in the negative.
For example, I got to work this morning early and did my weekly report. +5 for being productive! I sent out admissions letters from last week. +5 for productivity but -5 for procrastination, so it's a wash. This afternoon I rode to a meeting in Branson to speak to some prospective students. 5 hours in a car with three virtual strangers in the rain has got to be at least -20. Macaroni Grill for dinner is a +10 or so, but a 13-hour workday is a minimum of -10, so all together, I'm at least 15 points behind for the day. Hmmm... all of my New England positive points are being negated by the overly-scheduled, impossibly unproductive days that have followed.
Rainy days and Mondays indeed.
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Getting to drive Eck to Texas: +35.
You mean -350. But getting to see you makes it even, Jen.
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