psychologically sound
By Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11134)
United Kingdom
February 21, 2017 5:08pm CST
Tuesday is a Good Day.
When I leave work on a Tuesday I breathe a sigh of happiness, safe in the knowledge that I'm halfway through my working week.
Technically, it's not the middle of my week; I get up, leave the house and arrive home on a Friday at the same time as I do Monday to Thursday, but my Friday shenanigans are for love, not money. Friday comes with the perks of lunch, cuddles, nursery rhymes and enough laughter to make me burst. The perks of my paid employment are far fewer. A local newspaper, gossiping with friends and the playful lobbing of scrunched up paper ...
From a psychological perspective it is fabulously fandangly. Lunchtime on Tuesday always brings the thought, Three more hours! Then I only have two more days left. Huzzah, I'm halfway through my working week! It's a thought which relaxes me and eases tension. If I can make it to the end of Tuesday with little or no drama, I know the rest of the week will be as easy as pie.
I fear that I may have just tempted Fate.
Oops.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
22 Feb 17
But I do enjoy my work. I may not enjoy the paperwork or the politics, but the actual classroom based work is something I love. It's just that I enjoy the laziness and solitude of my weekends and holidays a lot more. If I could afford to reduce my hours or give up work, I would.
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
22 Feb 17
@Poppylicious Oh well, that's not so bad.
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
22 Feb 17
Fate always makes me tempt him. He's sneaky like that.
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
22 Feb 17
@Poppylicious do you not hate sneaks.LOL
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
22 Feb 17
I like getting half way through bad things as there is less to go but not half way through good things for the same reason - at 55 I'm past half way through my three score years and ten of aloted average life
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 Feb 17
@Poppylicious certainly hope so, lol
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
23 Feb 17
But the average life expectancy is going up ... you're guaranteed a couple more years!
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
22 Feb 17
Exactly. I love my job, but feel I'm always waiting for something to happen so I can't relax. Once the weekend is looming, there's less time for drama and more time to recover from it!
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@xFiacre (14790)
• Ireland
22 Feb 17
@poppylicious I have 6 years and eleven months before I retire. This knowledge gets me through the week.
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