What are some life hacks that you practice?
What is a life hack anyway? I’m not googling this to get an exact answer. In my mind, a life hack is something that you do that makes your life easier. I’ll go with that. And I’ll make it simple. My life is easier because I seek help when I need it. Therapy changed my life recently.
Because of therapy, another life hack that I practice is speaking my mind. Never been able to do that. My life would have been a lot easier for many years if I had. But now that I have mastered this hack, I’m keeping it.
Routines are something else that I need for my life. My routine was thrown off today because I had to work. My job is a Monday through Friday 8am to 4pm job. But there was an event today that my little three-person team put on and I had to be there. It has thrown off my weekend. My supervisor texted us yesterday afternoon and said she was pushing back our weekly Monday morning meeting so that we could come in late after having to work today. Our meeting is usually at 10:00. I usually get to work at 8:00. Going in to work late is tempting, but honestly, my routine is probably going to have me at work at 8:00 on Monday. It just won’t feel right not being there at my normal time. She has also told us to keep track of these extra hours that we’re working so that we can use them in the future instead of using our PTO. I think I’ll do that instead.
I suppose my final life hack, and there could be others, is to find time to relax. You have to have time for yourself. Even if it’s rotting on your couch watching t.v., which I do every evening. I remember when I was a teacher, there were some weekends that I had extra work to do on top of the usual lesson plans and papers to grade. I had very little free time on those weekends and it always made me mentally exhausted the following week. My personal time at home, is necessary. A non-negotiable actually.
Shoot, having non-negotiables about my life is a life hack. I compromised and did a lot of things I didn’t want to do in the olden days. Not anymore.
With that said, enjoy your Saturday evening, dear readers and have a marvelous Sunday!
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