Coffee Talk Tuesday #9

Happy Coffee Talk Tuesday! Welcome to the weekly chat where I spill my guts and try not to spill my coffee. That would be very sad.

If we were having coffee today, I’d tell you that I got to enjoy today’s first cup of coffee AT HOME paired with an eggy-in-a-basket and some fresh fruit. Delicious.

I’m on ‘staycation’ this week – sort of. I’m still teaching my 10 fitness classes, and it’s proving more of a challenge than I thought to run back and forth with teaching! I almost feel like it’s easier to get to classes when I’m already at work. That being said – I’m loving getting my tasks at home completed, even if I’m still answering work emails.

If we were having coffee this morning, I’d share my crazy awesome to do lists for this staycation week. I have lots of plans that include some WAC work, some Colchester work, some fruit picking and jammin’, some cooking, lots of cleaning and organizing, and more.

I start with a list like this:

And then I’ll usually organize it like this (I love, love, love writing):

And this week, to keep me on track, I created an excel doc with all of the times and activities placed in a grid:

I get giddy over schedules. Really.

Related, if we were having coffee this week, I’d engage you in a conversation regarding work. My friend and I were talking about this last night – when did it become a thing that you have to work until old age in order to just…live? And why is it SO much harder to spend your time as you’d like?

Also related, I caught a few moments of the Kane Show on the radio this morning, and they were talking about stress related to vacations at work, like how people would rather just not take their vacation time. WHAT. I mean, I fall in a similar category — sometimes it’s just harder to take a vacation than it is to be at work, but we are so not machines and we definitely need a break (I need to pause and read that statement out loud to myself, hold please).

A lot of the people polled for this survey indicated that they’d also rather work vs. vacation so as to not jeopardize their promotion options. When did it become a thing to work yourself to death in order to get a promotion? I agree that hard work has to happen, but NO ONE can provide 100% hard work all the time. I’m seriously considering days I can take off (I have tons of vacation time left…)simply because of this radio show segment. It’s so important to take a break!

If we were having coffee this week, I’d tell you that we had a fabulous beach weekend! I always forget just how close we live to Rehoboth. I love it there, and the time on the beach, away from normal duties, was so needed.

If we were having coffee this week, I’d tell you that I’m currently making all of my fall work travel arrangements! My territory has been decreased again to just the middle of the country, so I’ll be trekking to Colorado and Texas this fall. I’m hoping to attend a conference in Florida in January as well.

If we were having coffee this week, I’d tell you that I have not one but TWO hot yoga classes planned this week. So exciting! I love getting on the mat at Serenity Yoga as a student. My tribe has also signed up for aerial yoga lessons (eep) in the middle of the month, so I’m excited to try that!

What’s on your plate this week?