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Jun. 27th, 2005 08:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stormdogI spent a few hours doing some work (real I-get-paid-for-this-except-I-don't-really-'cause-I'm-salaried type work) this evening and it made me think. When I was working hourly for Ford, I was out of there as fast as my legs could carry me when 5 o' clock rolled around. Where I am now, on salary, I often find myself spending an extra ten or fifteen minutes finishing up a few things or trying (not often succeeding) to come in early to get some administrative stuff out of the way. I know part of it is the fact that I feel like I was rather underpaid at Ford, but that's not the whole of it. It's a smaller company, and friendlier, and that's a part of it too, but there's more. I guess I just feel more loyal. Loyal and even indebted. They're paying me a lot more money than I've ever made before, and given me a lot more responsibility than I've ever had before. I guess I just want to live up to it. I want to feel like I'm worth it.
Still, I may just make a rule for myself. Only do serious work from home on Mondays. Monday is our busiest day so it's good to get caught up a little, and it worked out really nicely tonight because while Moira was out washing our clothes (I so so so wish we had a washer and dryer, but that will come) I sat up here and got caught up on purchase orders and such. But the rest of the week I need to try to keep to myself, Moira, and our friends and family. I can see myself getting really caught up in this stuff to the detriment of other things (like housework and time with my mate) and even getting burned out at some point; I need to avoid that. The rest of the week should be mine.
On that note, I really need to clean up more here. I have been itching to unpack the library, but I've been leaving it as a sort of reward for getting the rest of the house clean. So far, I haven't made much progress. Let's see if I can change that this week and during my long weekend (my company has the fourth and fifth off).
But for now, I smell pierogies. The raccoon is making dinner; a thing that she is marvelously good at. Time to eat!
Still, I may just make a rule for myself. Only do serious work from home on Mondays. Monday is our busiest day so it's good to get caught up a little, and it worked out really nicely tonight because while Moira was out washing our clothes (I so so so wish we had a washer and dryer, but that will come) I sat up here and got caught up on purchase orders and such. But the rest of the week I need to try to keep to myself, Moira, and our friends and family. I can see myself getting really caught up in this stuff to the detriment of other things (like housework and time with my mate) and even getting burned out at some point; I need to avoid that. The rest of the week should be mine.
On that note, I really need to clean up more here. I have been itching to unpack the library, but I've been leaving it as a sort of reward for getting the rest of the house clean. So far, I haven't made much progress. Let's see if I can change that this week and during my long weekend (my company has the fourth and fifth off).
But for now, I smell pierogies. The raccoon is making dinner; a thing that she is marvelously good at. Time to eat!
