Stress and excitement.
04/08/2009
In 24 work hours, I will be starting my new work adventure: that’s 3 days, minus some meeting time to finish up and deal with the stress around the office.
I headed back to work after a wonderful weekend away. I found my desk full of paperwork, lots of emails, filing to be done and work to be caught up from the long weekend away. As I was sorting through the email, I found multiple requests for information, some with the same deadlines. When I asked for assistance in prioritizing, the response I got was quite negative from one person, but another helped me out. Some people don’t handle stress all that well. I thought to myself: glad I am out of here in a few days, this will no longer be my problem. I guess I can say I am mentally checking out.
I am beginning to embrace the job change after dealing with last week’s shock of the news. I think it will be a chance for me to start fresh, the opportunity to start a project from the ground up. Hopefully I will no longer have the continuing conflicting priorities. I am finding myself now looking forward to the change.
I am trying to leave my replacement with a clean desk, an organized to do list. I want to complete a few lingering tasks I have been putting off. I can’t do it all, not with the new requests coming in, but my intention is to leave her with more information than I had when I started and leave things more organized. I feel it’s the right thing to do.
