It is Wednesday 1 November 2017 and I am now officially part-time. Woo hoo!
Tuesday is now mini-Friday. I don’t work more than two days in a row. Most importantly I have time to myself with no demands on it. My family have been really supportive of my decision to drop a day and cash and they know that Wednesday is not my day for chores or household administration. It is free time to use as I please.
So right now, I’m having lunch with my friend and her son, chatting up a storm, laughing loudly and breathing out.
By dropping my salary I have bought myself breathing space. I’m incredibly lucky to be able to do this. If I believed in the coulda, shoulda, wouldas I would go back in time and take better care of myself. There’s a huge list of what that looks like but as I’m not Doctor Who and I don’t have a TARDIS none of that matters. What matters is that I’m taking care of myself now.
So now it’s time to enjoy my new time to myself and trying new things. Whatever time you can take for yourself do it and join me on a Tuesday evening chinking a mug or a glass to mini-Friday.