Something's Got to Give (Blog to Learn, Day 2)

I'm fairly certain that I work too hard in some ways, and not nearly hard enough, in others. There are far too many nights when I don't draw the line deep enough in the sand, and find myself sitting at my desk past 7 PM. When I leave, mine is often the only car in the parking lot. There has to be something wrong with that. Granted, I got a lot done at work yesterday, and I could fall back on the rare excuse of having to turn in grades. Still, I find it all too easy to neglect fun social events in favor of doing more work.

This is the problem--and I am sure that I am not alone in my complaining: it would be lovely to finish something. It would be a marvel to consider sleep as a gift at the end of the day, and not the result of sitting down for more than fifteen minutes. What I would give for a temporary time-freeze, when I might actually reach the end of the never-ending "To Do" list. To clarify, I want a moment when all obligations are fulfilled, and I can simply spend my time doing the things that I really want to do. I suppose that I haven't felt that way in a while.

I love my job, but I think that I need to start re-evaluating the quality of life that it can offer to me, as well as my own work habits.

EDIT: HAHAHAHAHA! I just popped off to read Dinosaur Comics for the first time in a while, and today's (?) comic was extremely appropriate for the sentiments in my post. Here, lookie.