The work can wait

This week, my kid participated in a 2-day swim meet, one with 1000+ participants. It was a good time talking with some of the other swim parents, and though the boy didn’t have his best meet ever, he smashed a long-standing personal record on an event that frustrated him for almost a year.

A funny thing happens to us after these meets. Even though we spend most of the time sitting around for hours between individual events, by the time we pack up and head home, my wife and I are exhausted. I went to bed last night at 9 pm, which NEVER happens unless I’m sick.

The other side of these events is that I get almost zero work done. I can’t even spend time on social media because I’m usually engaged in conversation with the other families (which may be the real reason for my exhaustion).

I didn’t write, didn’t work on any projects, and made no effort to grow the business in any way. It puts me behind schedule a little, but this schedule is one I gave myself, so I’m certain the boss will let me push back the projects a little, or make up the work during the week.

I wasn’t completely detached though. I did spend some time taking photo of interesting textures I found around the facility, which gave me a lot of joy. After reviewing the photos, it made me wish I spent more time doing it, and if that’s not the definition of a calling, I don’t know what is.

There will be more conversations on this topic coming in the future.