On my white board at home I’ve begun writing up a list of potential blog ideas that I didn’t use on the day I thought of them, cause I had something else to write. One day, when I get writers block or begin to run out of ideas for #365of25, I’ll turn to this list for inspiration.
Such fluctuations in life are inevitable and often out of our control. We experience intense highs and deep lows, in almost all spheres. One of the ways in which we can handle this is taking some of the up and helping it smooth out the down.
This may sound cliche but it’s a genuinely good strategy for managing turbulence. Some of the ways I do it include:
- Going over an above the required work on the courses I manage so that when I’m not managing other people can step in.
- Preparing food for myself when I have the energy to so that there’s something for when I’m tired.
- Saving as much money as I can when it’s available so that I can draw on it when I need it.
- Setting up systems to manage any mental health problems when I’m in a good head space to help when I’m in a bad one
- Then blogging example mentioned above
It’s not a particularly revolutionary system. It’s essentially an inter-temporal shift of available resources. But it’s a simple and effective tool for managing life’s inevitable ups and downs.
Image is from a recent holiday with school friends. It was taken somewhere on the road between George and Cape Town
I did not fully understand the term “making hay while the sun shines” until we came to live in Ireland. It is amazing how hard the farmers work here on a sunny day to harvest the hay for the year! It is not unusual to see the tractors working well into the warm nights in summer. It is also interesting to see farmers sharing the expensive equipment or using contractors to get the work done. Loving your blogs Rowan