So I'm just approaching the end of my first free weekend of 2025 following my second week of full time work this New Year, and that's 5 weeks total since i started in December, with a decent chunk of time off over XMAS, and I've got to say: full time work sucks!
Getting myself in this situation was something of a mistake, with one part time role ending and another starting, there was supposed to be an overlap of three weeks, but then the other part time role kept me on for another three months, and I decided to continue in the hope that a permanent position might become available at the end of the three months, having not gone for a previous permanent position, but whatever!
I'm kind of stuck here for at least another two months, maybe as many as five, if I can stomach that much!
And it's been a cold, cold, start to the year....
It was COLD the first 10 days of January, proper frosty, lots of this going on.... car scraping, which of course adds 5-10 minutes to yer morning routine!
And my heating's had a proper good workout, it's amazing how much harder it has to work when I'm drying clothes, I don't have a tumble drier, so opening the window a crack and drying them indoors, next to the radiator, not on the radiator, is what I have to do....
And the house is only now just not a total shithole...
I finally got some time today to tidy the house to a decent standard, I feel an enormous sense of relief as a result! It was getting a bit silly the last couple of weeks, working working working just seemed to take over.
I think I'm back on track a little now....
Life lived on the margins
That's what working full time feels like.. I spend so long working and getting ready for work, it just takes over.
Once one factors in tidying, lunch prep (which I'm just getting into) and life admin, there's not a lot of time left over for living life, especially if in part of that life one has to do more work (ie blogging), it's all a bit much....
One just has to hold on....
Already with it now being the back third of Jan near enough I can feel it getting a little lighter, the absolute worst darkness of winter is over, so it's time to start piling on the discipline over the next few months and living better!
I think it's just an unfortunate fact of life that winter gets tougher maybe as one gets older!