How a Single Day Off Convinced Me I am Insane

Self-care is NOT a myth

Andy Spears
3 min readOct 17, 2022
Photo by Upgraded Points on Unsplash

Today is my day off.

It is my first REAL day off in a long, long time.

Today, I realized I’m insane.

I wrote recently about how events that transpired in my life prior to 2020 came to a head in 2020 and forced me to reckon with reality.

So, here’s more:

Currently, I teach three classes at a liberal arts college and two classes at a state school in the city where I live.

That’s a full-time assignment — five classes — at just about any college anywhere in the country.

But, I also have a client that requires 80 hours a month of work. It’s a contract assignment, and one I’ve had since 2021.

And, until today, I had a full-time assignment with a nonprofit.

That is, this group paid me a full-time salary plus benefits in exchange for full-time engagement in their work.

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .