I am scared of my inbox.
Every morning, when I walk into work, I instinctively take a deep breath and hold it as I log into the server and launch Outlo0k. After a few seconds, the blue number in parentheses right after "Inbox" gives me a split second indicator of how my morning looks. The average number is somewhere between 20 and 40 and has been known to be 75, meaning I received 75 emails from the time I left (well after the standard quittin' time) and when I arrived in the morning. It was not after a vacation, and it was not after a weekend either.
I guess I should stop kidding myself by thinking that sometime--maybe soon--my workdays will become less hectic. I've got to admit to myself that I'm more than just a little burnt out. There is really going to be no stop to the have-to-have-it right now requests from the clients because their products rely on others...who rely on others.
I'm hoping that perhaps things will calm down in a while, but I thought that at the beginning of the year. But I have faith and I have commitment to what I do, I like a great deal of my clients, and I really like my colleagues.
Maybe that's enough.
Posted by equilibrium-girl at June 22, 2006 10:55 PMJeez..75 emails? Is this what I have to look forward to at my new job?
Even in the law firm, it was never that many for me. But then again, I'm pretty low on the food chain :o)
Posted by: teahouseblossom at June 23, 2006 08:32 PM