Most job descriptions end the same way. They list the interesting parts and end with “other duties as required or assigned.” The phrase “other duties” can cover a multitude of assignments. And nobody ever wins an award for being really good in that part of your job. But ignoring those duties, or doing them half way can lead to serious issues.
In my 1:1 school, laptop labels have become my other duty. And I have fallen down on it.
So I spent a good chunk of Friday streamlining and making them easier to make and replace. Because if it is going to be a duty that I have to do regularly, it also needs to be one that I enjoy and that limits the time I spend in that category.
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As an aside, the great XKCD has a chart (https://xkcd.com/1205/) exploring how much time you can devote to making a routine task more efficient before you end up spending more time than you save.
Notes For Kevin 