Coming off my 9 Month Adrenaline High
I am a workaholic. But this week I have not overworked - not at my new job and not outside of the office on personal things.
I have been getting to work at 9, after reading my book (which I have not "had" any time to really do over the last 9 months) on the bus ride in. I have noticed more little things such the amount of moisture in the air each day as I walk to the bus, how my neighbors daffodils are growing backwards - most likely toward the afternoon
sun.
The new job itself is going well so far. It is always hard to tell for sure the first week or even the first month. I have two "tasks", parts of projects, to accomplish. One by end of day Friday and one by sometime next week. Being new I am collaborating heavily with others as I learn the process; and to be quite frank. I am taking a rather leisurely pace toward getting the thing for Friday done. At one point I found myself thinking, "I should take the earlier bus in to get a jump on this". Then I thought "Why" no one has any expectations that it be done sooner, why start setting them now?
I know things will get busier and as I get my own projects I will have more on my own plate. But I am trying VERY hard to set boundaries that I can stick to when the load ramps up.
The thing is. THIS ALL FEELS WEIRD. I feel better, physically, mentally and emotionally but I also feel out of sorts. Coming down from the adrenadline overdrive that I have had myself in for the last 6-9 months has been hard. I keep thinking "Wait I need to...." and then just as suddenly realizing that there is nothing I NEED to get to that urgently.
I get home at 5:45 and think "huh what to do with myself". I need to recalibrate my gears and leisure time priorities. It's an interesting place to be in.
I have been able to DO work and not race around like a lunatic catering to obscene client demands and attending 25 meetings a week.
Like I said I know it is all new,things will pick up and I will always and forever have to be working on the steps (which I am still so new to) but I can say at this point I am VERY happy I made the change.
What I do not want to happen is for me to "feel better" and start slacking on working the steps. I will be posting the next set of my fearless inventory questions soon.
I have been getting to work at 9, after reading my book (which I have not "had" any time to really do over the last 9 months) on the bus ride in. I have noticed more little things such the amount of moisture in the air each day as I walk to the bus, how my neighbors daffodils are growing backwards - most likely toward the afternoon
sun.
The new job itself is going well so far. It is always hard to tell for sure the first week or even the first month. I have two "tasks", parts of projects, to accomplish. One by end of day Friday and one by sometime next week. Being new I am collaborating heavily with others as I learn the process; and to be quite frank. I am taking a rather leisurely pace toward getting the thing for Friday done. At one point I found myself thinking, "I should take the earlier bus in to get a jump on this". Then I thought "Why" no one has any expectations that it be done sooner, why start setting them now?
I know things will get busier and as I get my own projects I will have more on my own plate. But I am trying VERY hard to set boundaries that I can stick to when the load ramps up.
The thing is. THIS ALL FEELS WEIRD. I feel better, physically, mentally and emotionally but I also feel out of sorts. Coming down from the adrenadline overdrive that I have had myself in for the last 6-9 months has been hard. I keep thinking "Wait I need to...." and then just as suddenly realizing that there is nothing I NEED to get to that urgently.
I get home at 5:45 and think "huh what to do with myself". I need to recalibrate my gears and leisure time priorities. It's an interesting place to be in.
I have been able to DO work and not race around like a lunatic catering to obscene client demands and attending 25 meetings a week.
Like I said I know it is all new,things will pick up and I will always and forever have to be working on the steps (which I am still so new to) but I can say at this point I am VERY happy I made the change.
What I do not want to happen is for me to "feel better" and start slacking on working the steps. I will be posting the next set of my fearless inventory questions soon.
posted by justme @ 7:50 PM
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