Adjustment

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Date: 08 September 2005 15:03:24

I'm discovering that being properly part-time at work is taking more adjustment than I thought it would. It's a bit strange to be working out what I'm doing in terms of how much of the time is it taking, as I don't want to go over contract, and so not automatically volunteering to help out with stuff in quite the same way as before.

It's also strange, particularly before I start my new course, working out how to spend my "spare" time - I have the materials to do some baking this afternoon, (I thought that would really spin Third Party's head if she came home to the smell of baking ;-) ).

A final way it's wierd is it is making me rethink how I identify myself and what I view my primary role to be. For the last couple of years I have seen myself largely, although not exclusively in terms of my job, somehow that sense of being defined primarily and most importantly by my job is deminished being part-time. I think it is probably v. healthy that this part of my identity is being put more in proportion, but it is going to take some time to get used to.