Day 4 - 18 -- Climbing Mountains

Work tasks moved forward today. They took a bit longer than expected, but several tasks, files and piles were addressed after class meetings. I had to apologize for missing two items - one in the email inbox and the other during lecture. Both were due to trying to do too many things last week and not doing much beyond the exams well. That brings feelings of being inept or out of control -- neither is fully true <smile>. At the end of the day, I even got to the grocery store for the first time in 10 days. Luckily many basics and necessities were on sale -- still the final tally made me gasp.

Finding some unscheduled free time to work on job duties feels good. In my ideal world, there would be time to do the work that is required. This feeling of relief having found a couple of hours to do things that need 8 or more hours, is just odd. It indicates to me that there may be more work than time -- not new news since that has been the situation for almost 20 years. Interesting. Stress accompanies the need to 'find' the time to complete work tasks. The work can become a mountain that seems insurmountable. I was reminded today of an aphorism I'd read a few months back -- "those mountains you have been carrying, you were only supposed to climb." Made me smile at the long 'to do' list and piles of files that wait in the inbox and on the desk. Time to climb.

A song line that came to mind today deals with a positive approach to my mountains. Several covers of this exist by many artists. In my head I generally hear one singer (and group). It has become a bit of a classic for her. The version I chose has a video from Ireland using drone footage -- can be vertigo inducing -- fair warning. <smile>.  Enjoy!

Ain't No Mountain High Enough -- Diana Ross & the Supremes