Annotated X14-7
I have a brother who shares some of my personality and quirks. He works in IT, and as I write this, his wife’s expressed some concern about how hard they’re workin’ him right now, trying to set up some social engagements so we can relax together as a family.
But overall, of the two of us, I’m more likely to be the unnamed cautionary tale in this story, and Graham would be more likely to be Daniel. I have never gotten this bad, obviously, but I have definitely done the oh-shit-last-minute-gift scramble often enough in my life, and I do sometimes measure my worth by things produced.
I try to keep up Daniel’s practice in panel 3, too, or at least adjust my thinking so that mental-health-promoting activities are among the tasks I assign myself. (Text to Graham about plans for a cookout… sent.)
Whew, several months of not being able to load pages but now I’m finally back and caught back up on the annotated pages! :D
A fine cautionary tale on this page. I have the kind of job where there is often just a little more work you could do, a few more appointments you could make.
It was mostly me realising that I had very little time left to spend with my girlfriend that caused me to change how many assignments I would take on at a time.
Now I have learned to insist on not taking on any more work after a certain time (and it really takes insistence to do sometimes).