This week was very similar in content as previous weeks, but my days looked much different. My family was away on a mission trip, which left me as the only caretaker for our dogs. I worked all week as usual, however I worked from home in the afternoons in order to give the dogs proper care. This taught me how to work in different environments and fulfill other responsibilities at the same time.
When I got into the office in the morning I tried to work quickly and efficiently to get as much done as possible before I had to leave, and when it came time to go home I made sure I knew what I needed to do for the rest of the afternoon. I was expecting to be more effective when I was working in the office, but I found that I was surprisingly efficient at home, too. There were more distractions at home, but I knew that I had work to do and that I had to complete it before the next day, so I buckled down and did it. I have to do this with schoolwork during the school year all the time, but so far this summer has been different due to my lack of other obligations to handle up until this past week.
This was a taste of what I imagine life beyond school will be, with the combination of work and home responsibilities that I had. When I'm at school I have my school work and a few extracurriculars to focus on, but my family obligations are fairly limited by the distance between home and school, and my household obligations such as cleaning and cooking are limited by the comparatively smaller size of my dorm room to my house and the ease of eating meals in the dining hall. Thus far this summer my obligations were also fewer than this past week, because my family shares in household obligations, and, unlike at school, I am focusing on one job at Phoenix rather than several classes at a time. I imagine that life after college will be similar to life this past week (except that I do not plan on having my own dogs to take care of immediately after graduating).
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