This is Wayne's World

Ever feel like you’ve a million and one things to do at work?

Like your to-do list is going no-where and just keeps getting bigger faster then its getting smaller? Feel stressed and as a result turning into a grump?
I do and although this post applies to anyone and everyone I’m going talk from my perspective throughout this post. A kind of self-healing that I’m sharing.
I’m thinking the ‘One-to-do’ to-do list is required…….For now anyway.
But before I talk about that there are a few points to note:

One

I value my evenings and weekends (and any other time not spend at work)

Two

I value my time with my daughter and my Queen

Three

I am not going to live forever

Four

The Earth will still orbit the Sun. No matter what happens

So…

The ‘One-to-do’ to do list

In the morning before I start work make a list of jobs to do that day. This list is compiled from a list with everything on it. All jobs to do. And in amongst the jobs on the list throw in a couple of non-related jobs. Like buy someone a coffee or ring my Queen for a chat. This will break up the monotony of work.
So take item 1 on the list and do it. If something crops up and is ‘urgent’ then it can go next on the list. But don’t allow it to push in. More often then not ‘urgent’ tasks aren’t so anyway.
If I don’t finish everything on my list then don’t worry. I’ll be making a new one tomorrow so I can deal with it then. Not at home with it circulating in your thoughts. No.

Alternatives to changing your work circumstances are:

• Finding another job
• Taking sick days when the shit is hitting the fan

Well lets look at these.

Finding another job

There will be a honeymoon period and things will seem better for a while with my new friends and new surroundings but if I’ve moved due to sress without dealing with the reasons why I was stressed in the first place then it will catch you me. You can never escape yourself. Its who you are. It is in my character to become stressed under similar circumstances to my last job.

Taking sick days

Sounds good at first but if no-one is there to cover me then I will be left behind on work and end up with a reputation I don’t want. In the end I’ll have been pulled in and out of the office that much that I’ll probably end up losing my job anyway.

Final thought

If things become shit at work then things will become shit in your head. Sort out your head first. Hopefully with a strong mind, re-aligned things can only get better.
Now all this may seem bloody obvious to you but until its written down its not real to me….Or something like that!