I am backlogged at work. And I seem to have a new project or problem to solve opportunity dumped on me every day lately. I love challenge and solving problems investigating opportunities but even I have my limits.
And I hate the feeling of being reactive instead of proactive; of not being able to meet deadlines; of being so busy that items fall off of my radar at work. Of racing the clock to be ready in time for a meeting or a conference call. This is what I am feeling right now. I hope it passes soon.
My boss called me yesterday to book a meeting to get started on my performance contract for this fiscal year, which we are already over a month into. Ideally, this should have been all wrapped up well before now. I have not had a chance to even start drafting this document. So I apologized to him and made a rueful remark about barely treading water at the moment.
He said – Well, if it makes you feel any better, I feel the same way. In fact all of us over here* feel the same way.
I said – Strangely enough, I actually DO feel better hearing this!
Then we both laughed and made a date to meet on Thursday to start hammering away at the details.
Rock on,
The WB
*meaning the rest of the Leadership Team at the Head Office (which is a different location from where I work)
And then you had to go and commit to NaBloPoMo. I’m glad you did though, because misery really does love company.
Thanks Reticula! Yep. Glad you did too, despite your heavy schedule as well!
Strange, but true, we do feel better when we know that others empathize with our issues.
One of our favourite expressions at work was ‘hope you see a light at the end of the tunnel soon … and it’s not an oncoming train” 🙂
Yep, heard that one a lot at all my workplaces! 🙂