For the past five days I have been running an experiment. The experimental objective was to determine if I am capable of a return to work. In place of an actual employer, I made use of my volunteer job as a simulacra.
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Data Points
Whenever I encounter a moment of crisis I go and work at my volunteer “job.” I am willing to perform the very tedious, boring, routine operations that no one else truly wants to do. Another staffer commented on my output. I responded that I really enjoyed endless, dull repetitive work. I saw from his eye response that this may not have been the socially appropriate answer. I appear to be doing a great many socially inappropriate things lately. This is one of the reasons I seek refuge in my “office,” slaving away at a mountain of paper.
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Parachute Up
A friend gave me pedestrian advice. She was very animated as she explained that multiple studies have repeatedly found that, of all forms of medical intervention, one of the most effective is walking. In prior months, my average distance walked per day was in the range of 5 to 6 miles. My average for September sits at 2.56 miles per day, roughly half of the prior daily average. I have been goofing off.
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