Cristina Zenato

Cristina Zenato Instagram – Why can’t I get hold of you? I want to talk to you about your amazing underwater work!
Welcome to my office, well one of them.
Operating hours above the water: 5am-7:30am 5pm-7pm
Operating hours under the water 8am-5pm
On a daily basis I receive requests to connect for podcasts, interviews or developing projects of different nature.
What I find interesting is that people act all surprised when I am not readily available for the traditional 9-5 Mon-Fri and although sometime they manifest an “urgency” in their message they seem to disappear during the traditional weekend (Sat-Sun) regardless of the availability I try to give.
As active as I am on social media and always trying to keep up with messages and responses, as flexible my hours have to be.
For the most part I go silent through what is the traditional working hours, as I am working like everyone else but in a different kind of office, and become active on internet before or after, leaving sometimes bazaar connecting hours, my favorite is 6am before my day starts or days that appear random and at times two weeks down the line. That means in between I am working, diving, and although not all the time is spent underwater, a lot of it is spent moving gear, talking to the guest, prepping, closing, cleaning, preventing me from having the time to sit and connect but also the ability to guess if I will be finished with a class in time for a connection.
So during those days I forgo giving availability, to prevent piling up unnecessary stress to my already packed schedule.
When I teach a class there are no office hours, it takes the time it takes for us to accomplish what we planned and some days it goes smooth and some days it doesn’t, so we take longer. And that’s ok, that’s what I offer: one on one with each student for a tailored service and better attention to the individual needs.
So welcome to my office and to my crazy life schedule!
Image by @kewinlorenzen during my recent shark handling course
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