I had a lot going on during Lent. I practiced every day. One of my daughters bought a condo and besides helping her move, I had plenty of little projects to do for her. Being laid off, I had plenty of little projects to do around my own house as well.
In addition to keeping up with the Lenten Challenge, I also gave up Facebook for Lent. I really enjoy FB as a form of entertainment and if you know me, you know I had been there a lot.
When I was laid off, I had to send the company laptop back and had been making my job search with the family desktop. I didn't have a laptop and so my evening pass time of browsing around was put to a stop as well.
Being off of FB specifically and mostly offline generally was an interesting experience. It was like a quiet after having been in a noisy environment for a long time. It helped to clear my head. A technology "fast" is now something that I will do again (although maybe or maybe not for Lent) and would recommend to others.
With the extra time, I got a lot of reading done and working out done. I would have done more if it hadn't been for the little projects.
I can say "All's well that ends well." On Monday, I start a new job with a trade association which represents the manufacturers of after market automotive test and diagnostic equipment. I'll be participating in many of the relevant standards committees and trade shows and report developments back to the members. I'll still be traveling quite a bit, but it will be much more orderly. Overall, I think that it will make for a higher quality and less stressful worklife.
Overall, more quality and less stress is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Challenge! I did my biznez every day, as well. It's good to have a "reminding factor" to work against . . . er, without stressing, right?
Happy Easter!