"A man can
stand anything except a succession of ordinary days." (Goethe)
What is an
"ordinary day" for you? Do you keep to a rigid schedule of family/
work/ dissertation- juggling everything at once? Does it all begin to seem so
difficult that you want to crawl into a dark corner and escape? Perhaps it is
time to plan a little break, do not panic- I am not suggesting a long expensive
trip (although wouldn’t that be nice?), rather a half day of doing something
you love to do and getting away from your ordinary days.
What could you do?
Perhaps a short trip to a favorite local place (the beach? A museum? Coffee
house?), have the rule that no thinking about work/ dissertation is allowed.
Perhaps what sounds the best is some time to work on a favorite hobby or read a
trashy novel. Take the time to give yourself a small gift of extraordinary. It
will remind you why you are putting yourself through all of this work- to
change your ordinary present days to an extraordinary future.
Next time we will take a field trip – to graduation! Do you
have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post?
Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas! leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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