I mentioned my work schedule to one of my colleagues the other day.  He's been teaching a while.  I think he's in his forties.  He knows his stuff.  Anyway, he was impressed with my 8 hours of teaching over a split schedule, which has me starting my day at 9 am and concluding at 10 pm, but does include a 5 hour break in the middle, where, luckily, I can go home and rest because I don't live far from my evening shift (yes, due to some unforeseen circumstances, I got switched back to mornings for a month... but supposedly I'll be back in the afternoon after next week, unless something changes again).

Even so, he expressed the opinion that "you're not supposed to teach 8 hours a day!  That's why secondary school teachers only do 6!"

Then he added, "The great thing about doing an 8 hour day though, is that at the end of the day, you don't feel guilty about doing anything to enjoy your free time, because you just taught for eight hours."

When I got home later that evening, I decided to take his advice, and finally listened to a Sonny Rollins album I'd purchased a few days ago.  He's one of those jazz legends I'd always heard about and had often played with others I knew, but I had yet to listen to the saxophonist's own work.

So I did.

I felt rewarded.

I suggest you reward yourself as well!