Ah, Friday, we meet again.
An opening confession: It's been a challenging week for me. If you know me well, you know that I don't derive much pleasure from spending lots of time dealing with financial issues (vast understatement). Someone decided this past week that it would be a great idea to try to refinance the house right now. That alone would be okay, but I remind you it's also the season to get tax stuff in order. I've had to spend quite a bit of time in financial-land this week between those two activities. I've also survived being in that space, but I'm not going to say I've liked it. In fact, it's been downright exhausting. The house appraisal is Monday and I'm waiting on one 1099 form, so both things are nearly tied-up at this point; I'm taking Saturday (and maybe Sunday too) off from financial "stuff". I feel like I've earned a bit of a break from it all and I know the basics are in good order right now. Confession 1A: I do feel like I've grown this week in terms of how I relate to my money, so I suppose that's a good thing. I've forced myself to sit with it all and not be anxious. Not easy for me.
Today I am trusting that some lessons I focused on this week about trying to work in a bit of "Great Work" every day will stick. When I'm in administrative mode it's really, really easy for me to get bogged down in a place of doing drudgery. I know that some drudgery is necessary, but it does require balancing. Thus, no days of nothing but drudgery are allowed any more.
Today I am grateful for a day that let me do plenty of "Great Work." I had a few terrific telemedicine visits with patients not-nearby. I spent my afternoon with my students discussing a couple of books, which was great fun. And I got my usual reminder of WHY I invest so much time and energy into the education realm. What I give I get back 100-fold or more.
Today I am inspired by simply having the time and space to consider what I really want to do this year that will push me into a wobbly space (besides taxes and refinance at the same time!). I foresee some serious brainstorming on this topic this weekend, and I'm open to suggestions, both crazy and not-so-crazy.
Now listening: Chris King "Twenty Eight" (If you were raised on real country music, give him a listen. Wonderful stuff.)Labels: random thoughts, TGIF