News from Mr Grady
Hello Everyone!
I don't know about you, but I continue to discover that working from home has its upsides and downsides...
My spot in the kitchen where I have set up my workspace (or bombsite, as my wife refers to it) has a nice view out of the window, and now that the sun appears to have joined us a little more permanently, it means the work space is quite light and airy.
The issue is that it is quite close to the kettle and the biscuit barrel.
When I was working "school hours" at school - there was break and lunch when I might have partaken of a snack. But now I'm working from home, I've acquired the habit of "rewarding" myself for doing things that in normal circumstances I would just do. And every treat appears to be a biscuit, or a cup of coffee:
Logged on to the computer today? Have a treat. Sent my daily emails? Have a treat. Made myself a coffee? Have a treat!
There is a bowl of apples on the table behind me, but they are currently gathering dust - particularly while the biscuit barrel remains stocked. I may in desperation eat an apple, but I can't imagine what a piece of fruit would be a reward for...
This is what I have to keep reminding myself - for a while, it was "different", so it was OK to eat biscuits every 15 minutes, but as we've established, at least for a while longer, this is our new normal. I cannot possibly continue to treat the situation like it's not a new normal.
The biscuits have to go.
But the I think the Coffee will have to stay.
What IS going to be important is that over the half term holiday, we all get a chance to relax, reflect, and "switch off". It might mean having a little treat of some sort or another, to support the last half term's work and to acknowledge a job well done.
And now, having written this week's newsletter, I think I need some sort of treat...where has my wife hidden the biscuit barrel?
I hope you're all staying well and safe.
Best wishes,
Mr Grady