5 hours ago
Cadence made her beam. And Lore was utterly unselfconscious about it.
“By delegate I mean you get a housekeeper or cleaner for chores,” she explained. “Your PA can help with the hire, and they will be the one to liaise and keep things running smoothly.”
She shifted a little, clearly enjoying herself. She hadn’t even realised the coffee had arrived. “See, this is why we start with the blocks of time which are non-negotiable. Then you can see what's left.” She pointed at the information she had input. The colours were chosen arbitrarily for now, just for illustration purposes.
“This is your rough work week now. And this is where you're trying to recharge at the end of each day – but it's just to repeat the same cycle the next day, not true rest. And the weekend is just more of the same – a frantic attempt to fit everything else you need to before it's Monday again. You're living on depleted. Obviously this is a temporary situation for recording season, and it's okay to do that sometimes – really push yourself. But that doesn't mean we can't be more efficient with it.”
She swiped the screen.
"And this is your week without the things we don't need. Creative and Social at the weekends, with extra decompression as and when you need it. I would say your workweek blocks are long and it might benefit you to break those down further, visually speaking I mean. And perhaps look at ways your lunch break can be used to help keep things more balanced. This is where you look at the overlap too – which part of the day is most draining, and which has elements of creative fulfilment. Sometimes order matters. Flexibility is going to be key for you I think. Though it's also important to remember that sometimes a bad day is just a bad day.”
She didn’t pause or seem phased by the confidential admission. “Oh and absolutely. Mental health challenges have one of the biggest correlations with unproductivity. I did some work with the displaced and homeless in New York, helping people get back on their feet. Most people want to help themselves, they just get stuck in cycles which make it difficult. Less spoons you could call it I suppose. Think of your PA as your defender of spoons. I do like that analogy by the way.
"Of course given you're high profile I wouldn't put it on your job spec or anything. But someone you can trust with that information needs to be high on your list of priorities. Speaking of."
She opened a new document, this one just a blank page.
“Let’s decide what qualities you are looking for. Essential, desired, willing to compromise shall be our headings-” she added that as she spoke “-and I’ll help you interview of course, because I completely agree, this is nuanced work and you need someone right.”
“By delegate I mean you get a housekeeper or cleaner for chores,” she explained. “Your PA can help with the hire, and they will be the one to liaise and keep things running smoothly.”
She shifted a little, clearly enjoying herself. She hadn’t even realised the coffee had arrived. “See, this is why we start with the blocks of time which are non-negotiable. Then you can see what's left.” She pointed at the information she had input. The colours were chosen arbitrarily for now, just for illustration purposes.
“This is your rough work week now. And this is where you're trying to recharge at the end of each day – but it's just to repeat the same cycle the next day, not true rest. And the weekend is just more of the same – a frantic attempt to fit everything else you need to before it's Monday again. You're living on depleted. Obviously this is a temporary situation for recording season, and it's okay to do that sometimes – really push yourself. But that doesn't mean we can't be more efficient with it.”
She swiped the screen.
"And this is your week without the things we don't need. Creative and Social at the weekends, with extra decompression as and when you need it. I would say your workweek blocks are long and it might benefit you to break those down further, visually speaking I mean. And perhaps look at ways your lunch break can be used to help keep things more balanced. This is where you look at the overlap too – which part of the day is most draining, and which has elements of creative fulfilment. Sometimes order matters. Flexibility is going to be key for you I think. Though it's also important to remember that sometimes a bad day is just a bad day.”
She didn’t pause or seem phased by the confidential admission. “Oh and absolutely. Mental health challenges have one of the biggest correlations with unproductivity. I did some work with the displaced and homeless in New York, helping people get back on their feet. Most people want to help themselves, they just get stuck in cycles which make it difficult. Less spoons you could call it I suppose. Think of your PA as your defender of spoons. I do like that analogy by the way.
"Of course given you're high profile I wouldn't put it on your job spec or anything. But someone you can trust with that information needs to be high on your list of priorities. Speaking of."
She opened a new document, this one just a blank page.
“Let’s decide what qualities you are looking for. Essential, desired, willing to compromise shall be our headings-” she added that as she spoke “-and I’ll help you interview of course, because I completely agree, this is nuanced work and you need someone right.”