Old and Tired

Perhaps I'm just getting old, but last week really wore me out.

It wasn't so much the number of hours I worked - just above forty is probably one of if not the lowest number I've had in 2007. No, it was the feeling of being pulled in multiple directions I think that did me in. Two months ago I was pulling 50-60 hours a week for three straight months, perhaps more. But as stressful and as tiring as that was, it was all spent on a single project, with word spread around the company that I was inaccessible for input or questions on anything else. Last week however there were multiple projects all vying for my attention, all in the name of "this is critical." It was like I was living a software parable of Solomon, sliced across competing project-owning mother figures. Verily, I tell you, few hours in an IT pinball machine, bouncing from issue to issue, trying to appease both those with direct and indirect feedback towards promotion is far more draining than extensive hours dedicated to a single task or related set.

It took me an entire weekend of early bedtimes and sleeping in (as much as 8am is sleeping in, thanks to two human alarm clocklings) to recover.

Today, I'm back at it, crossing what will be my fifth year threshold with BlueCross of SC.

Just Another whack-a-mole work week.

My next post will be more upbeat, I promise!



- Scott