Okay, so my goal at work this season has been, to pretty much just not care. Yup, not care. Not care about the fact that other people are nuts. Not care that their schedule is behind. Not care that someone might have to wait 5 minutes so I can go to the gym in the morning. Not care that everyone around me is hating someone else around me. And I deem my goal successful!
It's an absolutely wonderful feeling to NOT CARE :)
I go to work, (have just started hitting the work gym before going to my desk) do as much as I reasonably can of whatever is on my desk, then go home. I don't look for the work I'm missing, I just send out emails detailing what I have and don't have and let the people, whose job it really is, find the work and bring it to me. I don't take it home after work to hit any of the insane deadlines some suit who doesn't even know what everyone's job are created AND I take a lunch break each and every single day!!!!
It's amazing the difference in my mental and physical health it's made. I haven't had any meltdowns, I'm trying really hard not to laugh most of the time when I have to yell at my kids (serious voice isn't always easy), and I'm finally getting some of the projects I've wanted to do started (if not finished). I'm on page 15 of my book and will hopefully be reaching my goal of 30 pages by the end of the weekend. My goal on the book is a complete first draft by the end of June. It's gonna be hard, but I can do it. I'm estimating 300 pages is a good length, so we'll see how much of the total story actually gets into the first book.
So, people everywhere, stop living to make other people happy. Bosses, friends, family, pfft.. screw em. Stop caring and you'll be amazed that everything works out better :)
