One of these days, I'll post a video up here
and you will instinctively know to click on it and read on.
In case today isn't that day, please click and read on.
In case you ever wonder what inspires me to write what I write and post the music that I post, I can share with you that I post what I'm listening to while I'm writing. It helps me to clear my head sometimes and focus on the thing that has me writing. So what is it today!? Actually a lot, yet at the same time, just one thing in particular.
I started my day sick. I'm actually on day 4 of being sick. You'd think after the weekend my body would have recuperated, but that isn't the case with me. See, the stress at work has gotten so bad it actually dictated my health, which dictated my weekend, which made my home-life miserable.
How do I let something like that control my home life? It's ridiculous,but it's life. At work, I'm basically a middle-man. The sucky thing about being a middle-man is that shit still rolls downhill, but this time you're in between two hills and now you're getting it from both ends.
You must to be able to manage these two streams to a point that, if you're gone one day, you know that you can eventually catch up to being behind a day or two. With this job, however, because there are two streams, it's like you're always behind two days. Some people, like myself, resort to multi-tasking.
I do not doubt that this is how I look most days.
I cannot emphasize how much that multi-tasking is my downfall. I'm not bad at it, a lot of people say it's their claim to fame at their jobs, but here's what I noticed about multi-tasking: the pressure, the time, and the efficiency are all affected. I've had multiple things going on at the same time, and it took me so much longer to handle all of it than it would have handling one thing at a time. When I look back at my work, I sometimes see that I've mis-coded, or forgot to add a mundane detail.
Back to the music: Don't you just want to take this track and put it on a loop? I heard it on a video-game! :)
I've started practicing a method of getting to a stopping-point when someone calls or comes into my office so I can focus solely on them. I've also learned to plan my work week. One day I'll do all my requisitions while the next day I'll process invoices. At mid-week I'll do my special projects assigned by the district office. It's rough sometimes, and still sometimes I find myself multi-tasking, but at least now I'm able to focus more on completing more things.
In all honesty, a completed file is so much better than work-in-progress.
So that's where we're at right now. I started the day sick, but I was also determined to make my day awesome. Tomorrow will be the same way. So to those of you who have let stress take over, I say "Stop, think about what you're doing that may be causing you undue pressure, find a solution that will help you ease that pressure, and just be." Your brain will thank you. :)
