RE: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...)

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Jim Morgan presented a great checklist:


*	Do I get as much sleep as I would like (quality and quantity)?

	Yes, 8 hours with extra hammock naps on weekends

*	Do I take have to take sick time for routine viral or bacterial
infections (colds and flu)?

	Knock on wood, I don't get those any more (organic food and herbs)

*	For those with a family: Do members express a desire to spend
more time with me?

	Yes, but they're 100+ miles away and there's that rising gas price thingie going on so I keep suggesting we alternate visits.  My sister's actually coming up this weekend, finally!

*	Do I feel like I have time to participate in recreational,
charitable and/or religious activities (ignoring the high-minded
reasons, studies prove that people doing so are happier and healthier)?

	Yes, I can always make time for what's important to me.  Unless a goat is sick.

*	Do I take my full allotment of vacation (again, the studies
thing)?

	You betcha -- it's part of my salary (compensation).

*	Are I regularly depressed, angry, rude, road-raged, or otherwise
showing behaviors I'd prefer not to have or others have commented on?

	Proud of my recent ability to stay centered while others have behaved that way.

*	Are I physically fit (proper diet and exercise)?

	Lost 24 lbs. since April (on purpose) despite bad knee injury.  Working on P-T for the knee, staying on target.  Still too fat but am not going to fix that by Tuesday.  Just had first treadmill cardiac test to make sure everything is okay -- it is, so I start working out on Monday.

*	Do I feel stressed?

	On particular issues, sometimes.  So I take action on them.  I freely admit to not putting in so much effort on job-related work when they don't keep up with their end of the job (SME access and management direction).  I prefer to work where I can happily and voluntarily go the extra five miles with the boss.  One of my antidotes to stress is....writing!

Dori Green

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