Rockin’ today
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I’ve been gone for a few days, I had to go assist with a training I helped to coordinate but now I’m back home and back in action! Last week was super stressful in dealing with my mind as it relates to dealing w/ my sister, I dropped my phone in water on Tuesday but apparently most phones are waterproof these days. I still turned it off and took it to the store for assessment, the dude said it was ok so I rolled with it. Almost a week later and no error messages so I guess it survived the dunk in the dog water bowl.
The drive out to where the training was located was decent, but of course there were malfunctions due to my bosses oversight and poor planning, which then caused more work and stress on my part. BUT, I survived that too. Made it home Friday afternoon and zonked out. My boss tried to schedule a 730am meeting Saturday morning to which I responded ‘no’ to, and what do you know, it wasn’t anything urgent. 🙃 She also tried to schedule something Sunday after 6pm. I politely declined again letting her know I’m available Monday first thing.
One celebratory moment from the above is that I set boundaries and stuck to them! I make myself available when needed for my boss, but my contract says M-F. However, I will attend weekend meetings when absolutely necessary. The reason I declined this past weekend was because I started to realize my boss is getting too comfortable with my flexibility. She is stretched way too thin and is over-committed in her projects, which is why she needs to meet on the weekends a lot of the time. Well I decided, fuck that, I’m no longer accommodating her schedule—just because you’ve overbooked yourself during the week doesn’t mean you get to intrude on my weekend space. Ever since I burned myself out, it takes a conscious effort to keep me mentally healthy, while still recovering. So I was pretty stoked with myself for recognizing the situation and drawing a line and sticking to it. 🎉😎 For some people, setting boundaries comes naturally, but for me, it doesn’t so this was a good win for me.
At the time of writing this, it’s the noon hour and I’ve been pretty productive today. This is an iffy time of day for me—sometimes I’m so happy I was productive in the morning I just fuck off in the afternoon, but I have things I need to do so I’m going to try to focus on doing one or two more significant tasks before I start enjoying my afternoon. I’m feeling good and productive today, thinking clearly, I want to do all that I can to keep making progress in my day and life. I’m feeling motivated, moderately hopeful but more just motivated to do some work that will slowly help me to move my life forward (professionally).
I guess that’s it for now. Not a real momentous post, but it’s what I have for today.
Take care until next time friends 🤩👊
