Shifting Schedule

To say that my daily schedule has undergone a change is something of an understatement!

I used to get up at 8, work from 9 until 5:30 with a one hour lunch break, have dinner out at a takeaway or restaurant, and then it's mostly leisure time until bed at 11.

Now, it's almost as though my work and leisure times during the day have been inverted. I get up around 6:30, and help +Annette get ready for work. Once I have the house to myself around 8:00, I usually do housework for most of the morning. After lunch I may get a bit of time to nap or do what I want, although I often find odd jobs to do around the house. Once everyone's home, I cook dinner, make hot drinks, and rinse dishes so I can load the dishwasher.

Unlike my previous clearly-delineated life, work tends to be more broken up and more pervasive. To start with I had to really pay attention if I wanted to actually get some time to myself and work on my projects, since I was still in hyper-cleaning mode from cleaning my flat before I moved. Now I'm settling into a routine, I'm learning to put aside some time each day for myself. There's always something else that needs doing, and while I try to do a little "extra" each day around the house apart from my regular tasks, I'm learning not to just work-work-work straight through any more! Doing a little each day, things will slowly get done.