Recently, I found myself with a free evening – nothing scheduled, nothing planned. Exciting, right? A full night to do absolutely anything I wanted. I had all kinds of fun ideas for things I could do: paint my nails in my new color, Rainy Day Red; do an at-home honey facial (read about it in a blog – wet face with warm water, spread honey all over face, then rinse with warm water and finish by splashing cold water on face to seal pores); have a Law & Order marathon with the 10 episodes currently taking up space on the TIVO. Ah, yes, endless possibilities for a rainy night.
So, what do you think I ended up doing? Working, of course. Why? Because apparently I can not relax anymore.
As appealing as all of those activities above sounded, I could not start a single one without thinking that I should be doing something work-related instead. I don’t know if this is a side effect of owning a business, but if I’m not doing something, anything, for the company in every spare moment, I feel guilty.
This is all rather shocking, actually. I like to think I’m a pretty laid-back girl by nature. I would tell you that I love nothing more than lounging on the beach, soaking up some sunshine and enjoying a glass of sweet white wine. But, I guess there is something that I love more and that thing is work.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Sadly, I was much more comfortable being a wineaholic than a workaholic. When and how did this happen? Has this happened to any of you? And, is it possible to get back to being the calm, cool girl that I used to be, before having a business? Or, am I resigned to a life of all work and no play?
What’s a Chick to do?
Recently, I found myself with a free evening – nothing scheduled, nothing planned. Exciting, right? A full night to do absolutely anything I wanted. I had all kinds of fun ideas for things I could do: paint my nails in my new color, Rainy Day Red; do an at-home honey facial (read about it in a blog – wet face with warm water, spread honey all over face, then rinse with warm water and finish by splashing cold water on face to seal pores); have a Law & Order marathon with the 10 episodes currently taking up space on the TIVO. Ah, yes, endless possibilities for a rainy night.
So, what do you think I ended up doing? Working, of course. Why? Because apparently I can not relax anymore.
As appealing as all of those activities above sounded, I could not start a single one without thinking that I should be doing something work-related instead. I don’t know if this is a side effect of owning a business, but if I’m not doing something, anything, for the company in every spare moment, I feel guilty.
This is all rather shocking, actually. I like to think I’m a pretty laid-back girl by nature. I would tell you that I love nothing more than lounging on the beach, soaking up some sunshine and enjoying a glass of sweet white wine. But, I guess there is something that I love more and that thing is work.
I’m not sure how I feel about this. Sadly, I was much more comfortable being a wineaholic than a workaholic. When and how did this happen? Has this happened to any of you? And, is it possible to get back to being the calm, cool girl that I used to be, before having a business? Or, am I resigned to a life of all work and no play?