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I have too much work to do.  My work / life balance is awry.  It has been forever, but it’s even worse now.

When others know you are competent, capable, and dependable, they come knocking on your door.  I once used pregnancy and maternity leave as an excuse not to take on a particular task.  It was a genius and rare opportunity, to have a card like that to play.  Little did I know that a year later the same task reared its head, and I had no more babies to help me steer clear of it.  I should have known it would be waiting for me. This is corporate America, after all, where some projects take years, YEARS, to complete.  So I did it.  And saw it through.  And there was much joy and celebration in the land.  But sometimes, endings are only beginnings.  The original task is complete, but now there is the responsibility of the sustaining tasks.  And I am, by default, the expert.

I don’t mind, really, being considered an expert, and being called upon for various matters.  Many of the the new things are quite interesting.  The problem is that I have a ‘day job’.  I have a full time workload before any of the special projects come into play.

Day tight compartments.  That’s a technique I learned from Dale Carnegie training.  Rather than let the big picture cripple me, portion the expectations into daily compartments, and focus only on one day at a time.  This day.  Today.  Now.  I can do this much.  I will do this much. I must do this much.

By this time, a week from Friday, it will all be behind me, and I will have accomplished all of it.  And there will be joy and celebration in the land.  As for today?  I have a LOT to do, and better get to it!