I Am Not Overwhelmed
I did more at work today than I've done since I started working here.
At one point I found myself sitting at my desk, staring at all my different projects, while I quietly reminded myself out loud, "I am NOT overwhelmed." And then I prioritized what needed to be done for the fourth time today, and dug in.
It's so easy to get lazy when the work isn't flowing. It's so hard to remember the olden days when I rushed around all day, barely ever stopping for lunch. I had to remind myself that what I was dealing with today was NOT overwhelming. That I've been busier than this. That I've dealt with this on TOP of being screamed at by shitty lawyers. That each time I gave one of my lawyers something they needed today, they said "thank you" to me. That when Tunafish wanted me to stop what I was working on, I was able to say to him, "How RUDE!" He smiled when he saw that I was working on revisions to a letter he'd given me. "Ehh, I never liked that guy anyway - he's a punk."
Despite being swamped today, I still found time to send a few personal e-mails, make plans for after work, take a full hour for lunch, and also managed to leave promptly on time.
I predict that tomorrow morning will be crazy, but by the afternoon things will have slowed down significantly. Oh, and I'd also bet money that tomorrow's color will be green, but I already saw the memo and would win the bet.
At one point I found myself sitting at my desk, staring at all my different projects, while I quietly reminded myself out loud, "I am NOT overwhelmed." And then I prioritized what needed to be done for the fourth time today, and dug in.
It's so easy to get lazy when the work isn't flowing. It's so hard to remember the olden days when I rushed around all day, barely ever stopping for lunch. I had to remind myself that what I was dealing with today was NOT overwhelming. That I've been busier than this. That I've dealt with this on TOP of being screamed at by shitty lawyers. That each time I gave one of my lawyers something they needed today, they said "thank you" to me. That when Tunafish wanted me to stop what I was working on, I was able to say to him, "How RUDE!" He smiled when he saw that I was working on revisions to a letter he'd given me. "Ehh, I never liked that guy anyway - he's a punk."
Despite being swamped today, I still found time to send a few personal e-mails, make plans for after work, take a full hour for lunch, and also managed to leave promptly on time.
I predict that tomorrow morning will be crazy, but by the afternoon things will have slowed down significantly. Oh, and I'd also bet money that tomorrow's color will be green, but I already saw the memo and would win the bet.
posted by Green at 7/18/2006 10:21:00 PM
3 Comments:
There's a saying that if you want something to get done, give it to a busy person. It sounds like you got everyone's vote yesterday. :-)
I've found that I get nothing done if I have one or two things to do all day, but if I have 50 things to do before lunch, I somehow manage to get my lazy butt in gear and do them all. Some people work best under pressure.
I agree with Anon and Sparkling. I totally work better, faster and more efficiently under pressure. Mind you, I'm freaking out the whole time. But if I don't have as much to do, well, I slack.
I don't know where this came from, but I also feel like I should say that I'm one of those people who is a fast test taker. I'm generally really good at taking tests, but the studying and stuff leading up to it - drives me crazy. LOL.
C
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