People who don't realize they are driving 4K lb death machines and think arriving 1 minute early to there destination is worth their recklessness. Autonomous cars can't come soon enough.
yah mon. It's brutal. To just be able to lay down my head and sleep without the assistance of some sort of substance would be amazing. I just switched pharmacies and needed a prior authorization for my sleeping pill to be covered by insurance and it took my doc 5 days to do it. I didn't sleep more than 2-3 hours, per day, in 5 days.
If you have time to tell your story, I'm curious. Maybe it could be of assistance.
1. No vacation since my baby daughter was born. Second one is coming. Don't get me wrong- it is an incredible joy. But maybe I'm still wrestling with the fact that I'm not a bachelor anymore. I want to be totally alone for like 2-3 days, maybe even a week. Or just with my wife. What I'm feeling is common apparently for parents. It's important to take care of yourself too.
As lame as it sounds, try scheduling stuff out. We have 3 "scheduled days" per week - date night (we get a babysitter), girl's night (wife goes out), guy's night (I go out). And guy's night can be hanging out with friends, doing errands that I want to do (ex. hitting up Best Buy or Home Depot or whatever), or just unplugging & sitting in the basement playing video games. For her, it can be dinner with friends or getting her nails done or whatever. That way, if you're feeling the pressure, then you get a couple breaks to let out the steam on a weekly basis.
imo, that's mostly what causes the "honeymoon period" to be over after six months of marriage...you stop dating your wife because hey, you're already home together all the time. As unromantic as mandatory date night sounds, I can tell you that it does help your relationship a lot because it's easy to get sucked into the flow of life & go through all of the other motions but not actually make time for each other. Also, we switch off who plans it every week (restaurant, movie, etc.). I'd recommend giving it a try, if you have a reliable babysitter available. And I think that's what happens with stuff like valium being "mother's little helper"...if you're a mom who is home all day with the baby & never go on a date, never go out with your girlfriends, never go out by yourself & get a pedicure, well of course you're gonna go slightly nuts, especially if your husband gets home & is wiped out and wants to chill and the kids are still her responsibility, even after a full day of watching them. Taking time out for yourself & for each other is pretty important.
Also regarding PM, have you heard of GTD? It helped me get a lot more organized.
Good stuff, agreed with all your points.
As for PM stuff, it's not so much I'm not good at my job or need a better way to do things. It's just the nature of being a PM I'm not enjoying much.
Yea, all of the responsibility, none of the authority (over project team). That's the common phrase amongst PMs.I work with PM's at various companies & they are all pretty stressed out cats. Good luck to you man!
Hangovers and jehovah witnesses knocking at my door every fucking week.they have stopped knocking now and just drop off leaflets.
Work. I'm considering looking for another job but I'm comfortable and like my co-workers.
Yea, all of the responsibility, none of the authority (over project team). That's the common phrase amongst PMs.
I had to PM for a short time when our PM left. No ability to make people do their work or ability to hand out consequences when they didn't yet all the blame for missing overall deadlines despite an obvious chain of emails from me harassing everyone to meet their deadlines that they agreed to (yet kept missing). Never again. Good luck
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I suppose I'm in a negative mood about work due to this last project we had and from what I see has been horrible management/planning as time goes on and not giving a crap about employees (they'd let someone go if it could save them a nickel it seems). But compared to a lot of people it's not bad at all and yeah, having good co-workers is a big part of enjoying a job. I know I could make more money elsewhere and work on more interesting projects but I like my co-workers and when I get comfortable in a situation I don't like change (some people don't mind).How can you be sick of work if you are "comfortable and like your co-workers"??? Work sucks for like 95% of the populace, sounds like you are in the top 20% or so. Over the years I have had a few co-workers that I dreamt of stabbing in the neck and removing their genitalia so that they couldn't spread their fucked up genes.