It’s Friday night and I just spent an hour scoring assessments. It’s definitely not the way I wanted to start my weekend. But I realized at work that a project I punted to January can’t actually be punted and has to happen next week. So I spent all my prep time getting it ready, and not scoring the assessments that I didn’t get to last night.
The stack of assessments was stressing me out. I thought about them the whole time I was assisting at the dojo. They were weighing heavily on me, so I decided when I got home to sit down and score at least two classes’ worth.
It sucked to spend my first hours of weekend time at home score assessments, but I feel so much better now that they are done. I know I can knock out just one class pretty easily tomorrow.
Sometimes when I’m trying to decide how to spend my time, I have to take into consideration how doing (or not doing) something will make me feel. It sucked to sit down and score those assessments at 7pm on a Friday night, but it would have sucked to go to bed with three classes’ worth weighing on my mind. Which would have sucked more, doing it or not getting it done? I don’t know, but I’m pretty pleased with my choice.
And now to really start the weekend…
Congratulations of realizing and fixxing what cannot be postponed to January AND then doing 2 of the 3 classes assesments. Happy for you. Yes, someitmes what makes me get something done is considering the consequences of Not Getting It Done. Hope the rest of this weekend is smooth and easy and restoring.
Remember to reset clocks!