Getting Better

So I've been pretty stressed at work recently. Tons of "Pri1" or "Pri0" (Microsoft speak for do it now, suckah) things at once makes it hard to know what to be working on. I've become what the organization experts call "interupt driven." I react rather than plan. What I'm doing at the moment is only related to what I've just heard about. Get an email about a bug? I investigate. Get an IM about a DCR? I check it out. Someone stops by with a question? I answer it. Think of it as squeky wheel gets the grease taken to the extreme.

Considering the load I've been under, it's understandable that I'd devolve into this mode but I see it as a failing on my part. Rather than letting the world control me, I want to control my life. Sure I'll always have things to react to but during the time when nothing's in my face I'd like to have a strategy and a plan to move forward. I hate living like this.

I met with Eric today about lightening the load. He took a couple things off my plate but the most important thing he did was validate that I'm doing the best that I can. It's important to hear "this is a bad situation, keep doing what you're doing, we'll try to get you out of it." Makes me feel validated in my overwhelmed-ed-ness.

My zany word making powers fade in the written word.