When I started this new job two weeks ago, I had a clear personal work-life goal in mind. I decided that I was going to bring my lunch
I’ve tried this in the past and always bitterly failed (ok, it isn't at all bitter when that brown bag is replaced by the best hummus, or the freshest sushi or the all star company).Too many work friends to socialize with or feeling like if I didn’t get away for the one hour that I wouldn’t make it through the day. Besides, I belonged to the best lunch club ever. And if you tell them that you brought your lunch, they'll look at you with horror and disbelief as if you had just told them that you had a flesh eating virus.
But there is no fun lunch club here. And I'm not hiring for replacements. So I decided to reinstate the rule. My goal: bring my lunch 4 days a week. The dollars saved are being used to pay for our brand spanking new housekeeper. And I’m thinking that will be my on-going motivation. Clean floors will reign supreme over sushi!
Plus I still have one day a week to socialize with my new co-workers by going out to lunch.
Or maybe I'll meet up with my old buds for Dim Sum. That is, if they'll still have me.
