Day 26 - Bury Your Face in Work

I can't see, there's too much work in my eyes! A common tactic. You often hear about people obsessing with their job as a form of distraction after a critical life event. I wonder how many senior managers are purely just escapists. That isn't the path I'm going to follow, I'm capable of finding better distractions, however I am for a rare occasion glad for being relatively busy at work.

Come to think of it, I think the saying is 'bury yourself in work', not 'your face'. I prefer face so I'm keeping it.

It's counter-intuitive to label it 'work' but my to-do list of creative/silly projects has built up pretty quickly. I need to not think of it as work. This will cause problems. Why must I approach everything as a task rather than as fun? Equally I don't want to be that sort of cunt who re-brands everything to ameliorate life. "Let me just check my 'what amazing fun do I have the joy of loving today woohoo list!'". Jobs it is.

Literature always feels like a chore but I have bought some books. J.D Salinger, J.G Ballard and Kurt Vonnegut. More distraction! More jobs! Homework! I also still need to read On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Woody Allen says that reading is indeed a chore, it is not leisure but that it is necessary. At least I have some highly regarded company with this mentality instead of just ITV Paddy McGuinness types. 

And as a result of these many jobs, I am forced to end this one there. That and I've got to cram a therapy session in amongst my actual work. I feel like I'm not allowing myself to be mentally equipped for my first session 'post-event' so we will see how that works out. Hopefully I can still see and hear my therapist with all that work in my face.