short update

[desertport]

Hello, very long time no post from me. Here are a few things going on in my life since the early spring:

I've been at my new synagogue job almost 6 months now. We're heading into review time and I always find those traumatic (at least once very literally, like, several years of therapy and I'm still twitchy over it), but I think I'm in a place

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[fannishliss]

Hey port, it is good to hear how you are doing. I am so glad the synagogue job is working out for you. Part of my job is events planning, and that can be so satisfying, helping things happen!!

I don't have much advice about teaching. I did a little teaching in grad school, and then, became a music teacher, which is a personally owned business for me, so I am beholden to no one. so it's super different from adjuncting... I guess I'm just of the opinion that if you are a teacher inside, you will always be a teacher in some way.

As for the "Scattered" bit, that is a blessing and a challenge in my life. I do several things, and I do them all well, but not one to the exclusion of the others. So it is and has always been a little weird. As long as you make it work for your own well being, I don't see a reason to judge it as a negative. :)

I am so glad you got to reconnect with your Nana before she passed, and that you were able to take of yourself afterward. Blessings to you!

Really great to hear your update. Hugs!!

[desertport]

Hi Liss! I've been thinking about you! How are things?

I think you're right about teaching. If I can't adjunct, I'll probably look for some other way to do it. Maybe start a writing group or something at least. Though for now I am in the middle of the cert course and might end up adjuncting again anyway. It's not as bad as I had feared.

As long as you make it work for your own well being, I don't see a reason to judge it as a negative.

This is going into my planner, where I can look at it and remind myself from time to time. It applies to so many things too.

Thank you for the blessings! I am doing better now and overall just feel grateful I got to see her a last time.

So good to hear from you too! I wish we lived closer by each other. *hugs*

[tsuki_no_bara]

hello! hi! :D

the synagogue job sounds good! good and good for you. :D learning new and interesting job shit is always a positive. plus which, i assume you're working for and with fellow hebs, which is also a positive.

i always thought of teaching as something you could pick back up after a length of time. if you don't get certified now, can you do it later, if you change your mind about wanting to teach? not over-committing yourself sounds like a good plan, tho. i mean, you've already got two jobs! do you need a third?

i'm so glad you got to see your grandma before she passed.

[desertport]

Hello hello! :D

Yes, I love how much I get to learn at this job, and it's nice to be with members of the tribe. I get all the holidays off... except the High Holidays, which I manage the logistics for. /o\

You're right, who needs a third job if they can help it? But somehow I still signed up for the certification class, and I'm about a quarter through it. You know, just in case......

And thank you. *hugs* So am I.

[shadowc44]

I'm sorry to hear about your grandma, but I'm glad you got a chance to spend some time with her.

I've always found it easier to try to focus on one task at a time. I can multi-task, but it's super frustrating. It's hard to do one thing well, when I keep thinking of all the other things I should be doing. If I have to rush from one thing to the next, with no time in between to pause and process, I get very anxious and depressed, as well as frustrated. I think a lot of it would depend on how fulfilling you find teaching. It might be good to let it go for a while, and focus on the two jobs you've already got going!

It's good you were able to take care of yourself, and allowing yourself to grieve, and heal, in your own way, on your own time. You're not going to do anyone else any good if you're too frazzled from trying to send yourself in a dozen different directions at once.

[desertport]

Thank you very much. *big hug*

I've had the same problems with multitasking, both in the moment and in the bigger picture. A couple months ago it led me to this crazy productivity kick and I found some ways to deal with it. AM working on describing it in a post soon.

So teaching is a mixed bag for me. I love the prep and the teaching itself, hate the grading. But I went ahead and joined the certification class just in case, because it seems I'm pathologically unable to pass up opportunities like this. I'm thinking I can drive for the hotel through December and then maybe teach a winter quarter class afterward.

Btw, it's been a while! Wanna get together sometime? My schedule is funky but manageable.

[shadowc44]

Yes, I'd love to get together soon! I've been hesitant to say anything because I figured you were probably too busy and tired. I'll send you an e-mail.