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The work week is here, but I have no desire for it

Is it 8 o'clock in the morning and the sun is invading my room telling me that it is time to wake up. And I am trying to cheat a few minutes between my clock alarm and snap other few minutes of napping. But finally I decide to wake up, but only to realize that it is a new week that I need to work. And while I am still hovering from the weekend I simply have no desire for it. I have no desire for it, but I needed so I guess that for now the job is winning. But I still have some cards to play on my hand just to make me feel that I still have some time to enjoy and to relax for a little bit more.

Thing is that on Friday I worked a little bit late even after I finished my job. Working remotely from home allows me to do that and sometimes even if I am outside of work hours, I can still fulfil some duties that would be theoretically for tomorrow. So that's what I did on Friday: I did more than I planned, so today for half a day I can say that I am still working on something and at noon to just pop up and say I finished that task. So I guess the morning is still on my side and I can relax a bit and translate from weekend to the work week more slowly. Lately I find it hard to get back to work after a break, but maybe it is not just me.

On the other side I am waiting for some installations in order to be able to continue my part. As an automation tester, I would need to run some performance tests on a new release. This part it is quite easy as I have my JMeter scripts written few years ago and I simply run them and can simply do other stuff. But in the same time with this release I need to cover also the functionality tests. I have some automation done on that part as well, but it is not fully covered as it assumes integration between multiple components. So on this one I will need to manually run some tests, compare results which will probably glue myself to the laptop for a bit. But I plan also here to do more in less time in order to make my week easier.

Maybe the work week seems harder also because I have moved to my flat on the seaside and watching people going to the beach and enjoying the sea, while I need to work is not easy. The weather is nice today and the sea is calm like a lake. There is music coming from outside so everything is like being in vacation. But for me is just another work week where I need to be present, punch it and do my job. Still, in the afternoon I will take a swim and enjoy some sun, while in the evening I will take a walk around. With this plan I hope to feel better at the end of the day, but for now it is quite harsh as I have no desire for work. But I need to do it. And I thought writing about this on the Hive blockchain before punching into work, which also provides me a good feeling.

Comments · 9

@ijebest(68)· 26d
There's need to carefully plan our work week, and insist on it to actualize the benefits of our work and to get some values we need from work. I wish you well, keep working but some times, get some quality rest.
@skiptvads(73)· 31d
mondays are always hard for me, some weekends just feel longer than others and that doesnt hel either, I have been thinking to ask for one or two work from home days so the week feels lighter, Im an IT but things really dont break down at the office so there is little actual IT stuff to do for me, next time I negotiate my salary at work, coming up in October probably Ill try to get the work from home deal
@seki1(71)· 31d
Monday is always awful, I had no desire to head to class but I still had to to rack up that attendance 😭😞

The new week is here...
@pizzabot(60)· 32d
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@borsengelaber(76)· 32d
Have a good start into the new week!

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@josediccus(83)· 32d
Working remotely sure does have it's perks but I think it can also be very stressful and sometimes you just want to relax and just sleep a bit longer lol. I know someone who is a a master in frontend backend, and they hardly even sleep, although they don't have any gigs at the moment, I'm just trying to say it can have its advantages and it can be tough too
@forykw(71)· 32d
I also live very close to the sea, so I can understand that.

Although it's much colder here these days... not that I haven't tried multiple times, but it's way harder to go swimming.
@asgharali(78)· 32d
This is a really tough situation. Everyone else is out enjoying vacations and picnics, while you're stuck with work. Honestly, in moments like that, it's hard to even feel motivated to work.

The same thing happens to me too. Whenever my workload is heavy and all my family members are heading out for a picnic, I can't help but wish I could join them.

But that's life.. we all have responsibilities, and work has to be done. I sincerely hope your workload becomes much easier this week. Wishing you all the best 🙂
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