To my surprise, working two jobs is more work than working one job. This should have been obvious but I never considered how the extra time commitment would affect my weeks.
Apparently teaching isn't just giving a 90-minute lecture twice a week, it also involves creating slide decks, quizzes, assignments, and then grading student work.
None of this is actually a surprise because I did do some planning beforehand to understand what the expectations were for me as an adjunct lecturer and how much time I would need to dedicate to it and if all makes sense on paper but the reality of it is different.
I somehow never considered how much time I spend skiing in the winter. A few years ago it was a novelty for me to make the 2-3 hour drive to an area that had snow, but since It started taking it more seriously, I'm going somewhere every weekend. So far this winter I've skied 184 miles across 22 days.
As much as it's a leisure activity, between the time spent skiing, waxing, driving, and planning it likely adds up to 16 hours per week. Combine that with the effects of teaching two evenings a week and I'm really only home for something like 12 waking hours a week, which is time spent cooking, doing laundry, some chores, and maybe a Netflix show.
It's a lot, but I keep telling myself that I can rest when the snow melts.
As it stands, I do have a 10-day vacation reserved on the calendar for spring break coming up later this week, which I'm going to use for, you guessed it: more skiing. The only booking I've made is a 4-day hotel stay in Switzerland, which needs to be cancelled because I never booked that flight. Maybe next year.
As a pivot, I've decided to stay in the northeast and do a longer trip for a change of scenery, maybe head into Quebec where the snow is plentiful and not as susceptible to March melting.
A positive aspect of having a second job is that it pays me money, which is enough to fund my skiing obsession for the winter and maybe even have some left over (but probably not).
Another positive aspect of Nordic skiing is that my Instagram feed is almost entirely in French, Swedish, Norwegian, Russian, and Finnish.
Maybe I should learn Finnish. It seems fun.
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