Did you ever have a day where nothing seemed to go right?
I had a day like that today. I have that enviable position at work of being a leader. The fine print on that job description reads, "have crucial conversations and hold people accountable". Anyone that tells you this is fun or easy to do either hasn't done it or is on medication I definitely need a prescription for. While I can take a fair amount of this, it can definitely wear me down if its in constant sustaining mode. Today was an apex of accumulated accountability discussions with no visible traction. Followed by a round of issues that should be well within my sphere of decision making, but are not given the command and control hierarchy we work within. WTF? So when 4pm rolled around and my last meeting turned out to be optional, I headed home for a mental break.
Of course, when your job at work is holding people accountable, the LAST thing you want to do when you get home is hold people accountable. Especially if those two people happen to be in their teenage brain-rewiring-from-self-centered-to-sustained-productive-adulthood state of mind. Both kids seemed to have decided that summer break means summer break on everything, including basic hygienic housekeeping habits. This has been sliding for awhile and I've had repeated conversations on basic expectations for what their rooms look like when they transition to dad's house (no trash in room, no dirty dishes... really the rules are that short and simple as BASE expectations). So as I unloaded my cleaned dishwasher (that no one else seems to know how to do) I'm wondering why I only have 4 plates in my kitchen? I wandered into Isaacs room first as he is prime offender. The room itself has been given a surface scrub down. But I've learned from prior rounds that his favorite hiding spot is his desk drawer. Sure enough... 10 plates and LOTs of trash, including a container of old tater tots from Taco Johns from this weekend, WTF? Bella? Not much better. I found about 7 empty drink bottles and 2 half full cups of what I think was coffee/creamer at one time but was now a congealed and smelly mess. UGH...
And to top all this fun off? I signed up for Match.Com again this past weekend. After several serious swiping rounds, I'm starting to think that while this seems like a pretty good size metropolis, it feels way too small of a pond for me to find the right match. Sadly, many of the guys on there were there the last time (6+ months ago), which does not give me much hope here. WTF?
So what do you do on a WTF day?
REBOOT.
Here's what I did, I would love to hear other ideas as I know we all have WTF days!
1) Phone a friend and vent (thanks Mom for listening and Erin for answering my text cries for help!)
2) Work it out - physically! So glad it was Wednesday and that I signed up for RC Rec soccer, as I got the opportunity to sweat some of my angst out tonight and backfill it with that lovely natural Rx - endorphins!
3) Treat yourself - AMEN to dark chocolate and peanut butter combination. Yes I did eat the PB right out of the jar, alternating bites with my piece of dark chocolate. I guess this is a perk of being single, no one is grossed out that you are eating right out of the jar of PB <thanks endorphins for helping me to see the bright side here!>
4) Spend time outdoors/time with pets - after heading BACK to work after soccer to finish a red team review, I finally got home around 10. As much as I wanted to go to bed I knew I needed to push through some more of the grouchiness that still lingered. Its amazing how much better I feel after just a 15 min walk around the neighborhood with my fur babies.
5) Journal - I opt to make some of mine public ;o)
6) Rest - where I'm headed next, lets reboot this day and start tomorrow off with a different attitude!
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