Wind down days

One of my favorite parts of working for other people was the slow days. You might be working flat out for a while on a certain project or deal or just in general, but there was always an inevitable slow down at some point. This could be the last day before a holiday or a few slow days over the Summer, but you could count on there being some days where the work would ebb and you could take it easy a bit while still knowing you were getting paid.

The downside of this is that you still had to be in the office, so you couldn't just go off and do something else. But that's the beauty of it. It forced you to continue to do work, but at a much slower pace than usual. This is something that as a solo entrepreneur I have a tough time doing and I think it is something that people struggle with in general with remote work.

There is this thought that if you don't have enough work to do to keep you flat out working all day, then you either need to find more work or fill up your day with something else productive. As a result, in our drive for more efficiency, we are pushing out things like wind down days that made the old way of working enjoyable.

This fits into the wider theme of working in cycles and having a seasonality to your work that I enjoy as a concept and I'm trying to keep in mind as I structure my work time. And since I am taking the next two days off, I'm going to make today a wind down day. I've worked hard the last few days to close out all the big stuff and today will be relaxed admin and tying up loose ends.