Started out well today with a healthy attitude towards becoming better organised. About halfway through the day it started getting to me and I got a bit stressed, had a brief fallout with one of my co-workers. It kind of surprised me we were at loggerheads about something quite minor and she kept apologising for offending me when I wasn’t offended at all, was just feeling put upon because I had misinterpreted her line of questioning about our budget preparation. More annoying than anything actually, and I mentioned to her that I was feeling stressed and now I’m annoyed at myself for not keeping it together.
I have a lot of respect for this co-worker and sadly she is leaving us. I think she is feeling some measure of stress herself because of this, it would be difficult but she is such a professional that she is determined it is business as usual up until the day she leaves. She is also one of the most highly organised planners I have ever met, her stress comes from a different source to mine.
Some good things happened. I managed to complete a cash handling procedure guide for the reception workers to follow, so they hopefully know what they’re doing and minimise my supervision. I got the week’s cashflow report done (with chairperson practically standing over my shoulder!) I’ve made some progress on my assignment (1 of 18), I’m about a third of the way through and aiming to have this and a second assignment completed by next weekend. I think I’m on track for that.
The biggest achievement for the day was leaving the office before 6pm. I was trying to leave by 5.30 at the latest but dithered around while locking things away. It was 5.45pm when I left, possibly the earliest time I have finished for weeks.