Juggling work and work

This is not about work/life balance.
This is not about justifying my work in terms of my life.
It is certainly not about justifying my life in terms of my work.

This is about ambidextrous moving meditation.

I've been very lucky to work in a position with the freedom to listen, develop, implement, promote and evaluate a whole bunch of innovative programs.

Basically I've been juggling like mad. Since giving notice 5 weeks ago (by email...how very very rude!) I've had to stop throwing them up and start catching them. The last few weeks in particular have involved

• Running around like crazy to get participants to finalise their editing, hosting and planning for the RYMedia Project
  
• Negotiating immediate priorities with the young people with whom I work
• Writing up various reports and work plans; and
  
• Getting everything neat and tidy for my soon-to-be-interviewed replacement
  

and of course (*I am a little social worker for breakfast, lunch and tea*) documenting everything exhaustively.

The single most important lesson I've learned from quitting my first proper-adult job is this: no one else is working to your timetable. I guess this is true all of the time, but it only becomes critical when the countdown has commenced.