Despite promising myself I wouldn’t do it again, having a plan of action, and getting a head start, I ended up having to pull an all-nighter again this week. It’s possible I could have managed my time a bit better, but I refuse to regret taking 24 hours off last weekend and am pretty sure that hour I wasted spent planning a spring trip to Europe was a good investment in my sanity.
I’m getting way too much use out of this Bitmoji!
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Was it just last week I claimed to be ahead of my workload? After I worked on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to get caught up, my assistant (secretary) worked last Saturday to clear out her backlog—passing a lot of it on to me. With another towering stack of things to do, it’s no surprise I was burning the midnight oil again, but it cast enough light to keep me looking at the bright side.
My team thinks it funny to stack files higher than I can reach ….
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This week I finally got ahead of my workload! It took working on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but the relief of having a nearly-empty “in-box” and a handle on my to-do list was worth it. Getting my life back into balance feels so good–even if that balance swings up and down from day to day.
I still need to tackle the items on the left, but I know what to do with them.
(Compare to my before picture)
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Well, the joke was on me for thinking things would be quieter at work this week. I haven’t even touched this tower of non-urgent items, although I did a pretty good job of keeping it from growing taller.
If we really do go “paperless” how will I keep track of what I need to do?
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