Disruptive Week
Last week was a crazy week. It started out with an overnight, tandem driver delivery up to Pikangikum First Nation community in Ontario which includes spending several hours on winter roads. Here is a google maps link to Pikangikum in case you are curious about it’s location. Winter roads are, as the name implies, only passable when it is sufficiently cold and frozen. We left for Pikangikum Monday morning, and returned to our stomping grounds almost 24 hours later. I then slept till a little after noon, and then took the rest of the day easy, spending a couple hours on website development.
On Wednesday and Thursday, I did not hear my alarm go off in the morning, which means I clocked in at work at 11 a.m. and 9:20 a.m., respectively. Sounds lazy, I know.
On Friday, I got home from the Cottage Country’s Lake & Cabin Show at around 10 p.m. and took Saturday off only to man the show from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. After the show closed on Sunday, we spent an hour tearing down and cleaning out, getting me home closer to 7:45 in the evening.
Here is what I noticed: a disruptive schedule disrupted my habits. I did not take my health supplements for half the week. I did not spend some time reading nearly every day (as I did for the previous 6 weeks), and I did not get to work at a consistent time.
The delivery to Pikangikum needed to be done, and the show needed to be manned. Both were a success for which I am grateful. And I am thankful that this week is back to normal. It’s Tuesday now, and I get to reflect on last week, and hopefully get some reading in after I’m done with this note. I took my supplements at the 10 a.m. break this morning and got to eat supper with my dear wifey and two kiddos.
Normalcy is wonderful. Especially after a disruptive week.
P.S. If you are curious what I’m reading right now: Range by David Epstein. So far it’s fascinating. It is making me reconsider education for Trevor and Heidi (my sweet children) in a fundamental way. I’ll probably share more thoughts once I am further along with it.
Have a great week!
— Simon
