Day 94 - 07:57am, 4 April 2019
Thursday is always a bit of a shock to the system. My working week comprises Monday, Thursday and Friday. So Thursday feels like Monday morning all over again, but version two is worse because everyone else has been working the two days in between to generate more to be done. You know that there will be more waiting on your return. At least Monday generally feels like a fresh start for everyone. Thursday, thereafter, feels like a sprint to the start line when everyone else is already two laps ahead.
I've yet to find the right approach to this. Most weeks, I respond to my emails on Tuesday/Wednesday in the hope that this will get me closer to the starting blocks on Thursday, but I am not sure it does. The obvious answer would be not to read or respond to emails when out of the office, but that comes with its own emotional baggage too. Am I letting the team down? Will I still be taken seriously? Will I be overwhelmed on Thursday and by the time the emails are dealt with and the to do list is written, will I find half the morning gone? It's a conundrum I've yet to get to the bottom of.
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