Today was another barn-burner at work. I can handle a fairly significant amount of change in a given time period, but lately it has been grating on me. Without going into too much detail, I was asked to essentially change what I was supposed to be focused and working on three times in three days.
Normally, this isn’t a problem. Coupled with slightly more than three weeks of 10-12 hour days, and my mood is not increased when this amount of change is added. At one point around 1 pm, I was very close to leaving for the day because I was stressed out and I had met my limit for having constructive conversation for a week.
I decided that instead of being pissed off and stewing about it for all weekend, I would take the opportunity to talk to both my manager and the lead marketing guy about my concerns and problems. Trust me, I was surprised as anyone to tell you that it actually made things better.
Most of the “this stuff must be done by X” and “you must get Y done or else it’ll screw up Z” pretty much dropped away under a much-needed wash of rational thought and reason. I actually left the meeting with our marketing lead with a smile on my face, something that hadn’t really happened this week on its own accord.
I guess if there was a moral to this story, it is this: constant, purposeful communication helps. If you’re stressed at the office, sometimes reaching out instead of just sitting at your desk and fuming is the best salve for a weary soul.
It also helps when you are informed that Monday is actually a paid vacation day. Apparently, if a holiday falls on a Sunday we still get the Monday off. That also went a long way to improving my end-of-week perspective.
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