And another thing

Another thing I want, that doesn't come from a store:

I wish I were better at being lighthearted and less serious, and taking more genuine joy in my job. (Inspired by this, which is making the rounds*)

I let my responsibilities weigh on me too much.  Oh, I take pride in gettin' stuff done, and it's important to me, for example, to push extra hard to do that grading as soon as possible so people aren't left hanging about what they earned on an exam. But it means that at the end of many weeks I'm just used-up, and it's increasingly hard to bounce back. Or I get home Friday evening and think, "Finally I can do what I want to do" but all I have the energy for is to take a shower and go to bed.

(*And again, one thing I learned from Dirty Jobs - often people doing those kinds of "physical" and very tangible jobs, they seemed to be very happy. Sometimes I wonder if it's harder when what you do is so intangible, and in my case, you often do not see the end result of what you did, to feel that)