Posts Tagged ‘work’
Surviving Intensity, Health Intact–and Keeping it that Way
Man was July tough! Working six days a week, often up to 15 hours a day can really take a toll on a person. Fortunately I fared far better this year than last, so I’m not feeling completely blitzed now that the calendar has flipped to August. I attribute this success to a number of [...]
Picturing the Happy
Sometimes it can be really darn difficult to picture the happy. Like when you’re running on fumes (never a good idea, but sometimes can’t be helped) and something likely innocuous freaks you out and sends you into a tailspin (like having the boss who scares the bejeezus out of you pop in unannounced and scowl…even [...]
July Blur
Teaching in Seoul in July is it’s own special brand of intense. We’re currently logging around 80 hour work weeks, and find our lives largely revolving around crazy class schedules. Unfortunately, this leaves little time or energy left over for anything else–running, yoga, blogging, heck, even eating. To help make this month just a little [...]
You’re Stressing Me Out
Stress. Most of us are experts when it comes to stress, whether it comes in the form of crazy work days, a sick child, a breakup, or trying to figure out what’s making you sick. Right now, I’m in the middle of a pretty intense period at work: I’m at hagwon (private academy) from 9a-9p every [...]
spent update: loving it (even on a sick day)
Let me begin by saying the Spent (Revive) program has been amazing so far. I’m a little over halfway through the six weeks, and I have felt healthier and more energetic than I have since…I don’t even know when. I’m still not where I want to be in terms of vitality, but I finally feel [...]