Happy Friday!!!
Hope you’ve been having a most excellent week :-)
It’s been a good one here.
I completed the final chemistry lab this week, so I’m quite pleased to have that off my plate.
This fall I’ll be taking Organic Chemistry with labs in-person on campus.
While it will be a bit of an inconvenience going to campus each week, I will appreciate having a set time and place for labs and also completing them with other people around.
I had previously planned on taking a psychology class, too, but my interests have been changing a bit and I’m now considering other options.
In fact, I’ve started considering taking more technical courses similar to what I took when I was in college.
There are a few engineering and programming classes that I think might be fun, so I’ll be looking into those to see if there are any this fall that I might take.
Regardless, it’s been very satisfying taking classes the past few semesters.
Sure, I was a little ambitious with three classes this spring, but it was a learning experience.
Moving forward, I’ll stick to no more than two classes at a time during the fall and spring and one class during the summer.
With this approach, I expect to avoid putting myself in a position in which I feel that my coursework load is higher than I would prefer.
I’ve been better about my sleep this week, which has had an impact on my overall mood, as you might imagine.
Even writing every morning was becoming a chore, which I didn’t quite like.
There were a few mornings this week when I really didn’t feel like putting words down.
It’s a habit now, though, so I was able to keep it up without too much additional effort.
Hopefully once I get a bit more caught up on sleep it will be easier.
I’ve also started to reconsider the idea of a career change over the past week or so.
Honestly, I’ve come to really appreciate the autonomy and low stress of the job I have.
It’s something I’m good at and I’ve got a great team around me.
I’ve also got plenty of time and mental and emotional bandwidth outside of work to pursue other interests.
These are all things I understand many people would kill for..
Some mornings I’m simply overwhelmed with gratitude for my current situation.
I’m just not as enthusiastic about rocking the boat, as they say, as I had been.
This weekend it’s supposed to be sunny and warm, so I’m hoping to spend some time laying out by the pool.
Aside from that, I’ll be doing some reading, some writing, some studying, grabbing some beers, and just enjoying a little R&R.
Whatever you get into this weekend, I hope it fills your cup.
I appreciate you.
Here are this week's most excellent resources for a most excellent life…
Get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable, Nir Eyal
“Mastering internal triggers is the first step in learning how to step outside of your comfort zone in order to achieve your goals.”
I’ll leave you with this...
Some might discourage pursuing multiple interests, encouraging focus.
Others might discourage limiting one's interests at all, encouraging balance.
Your interests are yours alone.
You decide which and how many play a role in your life.
That might take some time to figure out.
You've got this.