For most of my adult life, other people have controlled my time.
That's okay when you have an office to go to, and you are getting paid for a set amount of time and work. It hasn't worked for me for the past few months.
My weight is going up and my A1C sucks. So I'm taking control. First, I've set office hours for CTY, and I'm also setting two days off — Tuesday and Wednesday. Now that doesn't mean I won't respond to students those days, and in fact will still do email etc. Those are the days I am going to do doctor's appointments, etc. and I'm not going to tutor those days.
It also means that I'm going to go to the gym / pool in the early afternoon. That means I don't need as many calories in the morning and can use my lunch calories for the workout.
Doctor's appointments, hair appointments, etc are going to happen those days. Those are going to be days I focus on me.
I have already tried a few days like this and it is working out well.
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