Work, stress, life and maybe something helpful
Wednesday September 20, 2006

I’ve been wondering what to write here… I miss being able to write about work and all that, but when I started my current job I decided for the sake of professionalism that I wouldn’t write about specific projects I was working on, or about my work colleagues.

It was fun though, when I worked at UTS, blogging about my day, where I was at and all that =) It was really good to see my progression… I don’t want to start another blog (too much work!!) but I would like to do this again…

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Today started off a little poorly… I got to work and realised that I had forgotten my security card. I rang up to the office but nobody answered the phone – it appears that they were outside enjoying the good weather. Hehe.

But I think that was the low point of my day.

I’ve been working on a myriad of different projects lately. Yesterday was quite cool because my manager has started assigning me my “own” projects. I have been doing project coordination lately, which means that there is still another project manager, I just help out with things. Being assigned my “own” projects means that I’m project managing instead, which is a pretty big step for shy and timid Skye =)

But today is a little annoying. I’m working on this project at the moment, which is at the top of my “projects I hate” list. It’s one of those projects that just never goes right – even when you think you’re on the right track. Projects like this I really need to learn how to handle differently.

The biggest problem about this project is that I’m the knowledgebase. I’m the only one that knows how the course functions and I’m the only person that knows how to replicate that functionality. That makes it hard for me because I have noone to bounce ideas off, and when things go wrong nobody else can step in if I need a break. The stress is monumental and I’m not always sure how to deal with it.

One of the things I have been trying to do, to combat this kind of stress, is when I walk out of work, to tell myself “the working day is over, don’t think about it until tomorrow morning”. Something that I have noticed with a lot of people is that they can’t separate their working life from their home life and that can be really detrimental to their health. When you start dreaming about work and having anxiety about work outside of work, you need to learn to step back and put it out of your mind.

It’s surprising just how well this tactic can work.