On Tuesdays there's only little mail being delivered if some was undelivered the previous day, so the days are really short, and for my position usually free. Though I remembered that it was being discussed that I would come at some Tuesday for a bit more theory-based learning through reading and some simple courses on a smartphone that is being utilized for various tasks – like tracking packages and stamping work hours – because there's nothing else for me to do that day.
I met my principal chief in the morning and asked if I was supposed to come to work on this Tuesday. He answered that it was originally thought to be on the following week, though he didn't mind me coming a week early. But I thought it was strange for it to be at the second week, because for me it makes sense to start learning and absorb everything from the very beginning when there's going to be an increasing amount of responsibility in the future when I'm going to start delivering alone, already on the next Monday. I might have a tendency to avoid responsibility, but when I adopt some voluntarily, I do take it seriously.
Though I don't need to take pressure, because there are fail safes if I don't fully manage alone: I'll get help with the sorting and on the delivering part I can give a call or skip a part if I don't remember the whole route. But the most important responsibility is to ask every time – even a dozen time about the same thing – if something is unclear, which is really assuring, that it's not assumed to be able to know everything right in the beginning. A lot of the job is about learning things out from the memory anyway, so questions are being expected.
I thought it was bit funny when there were some middle-aged men avoiding the simple course taking 15 minutes about quite basic things, like not being allowed to take gifts that are worth money, being obliged to not give out any confidential private information, etc. The job educator thought it was nice when she could just start the course from the phone and not need to help with anything else from thereon.
I don't consider it being even a possibility that one would be "too eager to learn", because adaptability is a great skill, especially in a world where things are shifting quick. Even my sleep schedule I managed to get 3 hours earlier pretty much in a single night and getting really close to the minimum healthy 7 hours of sleep which is pretty much a requirement for me to function properly – and that is really needed at the job.
But right now, I'm quite enjoying my Tuesday chill before it gets busy again tomorrow; typing words on a keyboard suddenly feels quite relaxing when there's some contrast in one's life. Not saying my life's as busy as @tarazkp's, but I think I sort of get now why he barely considers Steem as work.
