No grind necessary. A satisfying work life shouldn’t be a luxury.
Well, it’s been a minute since I last posted. I’ve tried plenty of times to sit and write but, when I do, my motivation fizzles out and all I manage to jot down is a few paragraphs here and there. Nothing ever feels substantial enough (good enough) to share. So, …
I have a coworker who loves to propose team activities, but never wants to plan them. You know the type. They always broach the topic with “We should do a team < fill in the blank >!” Then sits back and waits for any takers. Well this week, during a …
I’ve been in a holding pattern for the last couple of years. And while I’ve made attempts to break out of it, most of my efforts have amounted to false starts rather than the breakthroughs I was hoping for. It’s a tough space to be in at times. Because after …
You read that right — SEVENTY-FIVE. And that was only between Monday through Friday. This week I clocked in 71 hours which included the weekend as well. There is nothing rational I can say about having to work that much other than the client is crazy and trying to meet …
1. Last week kicked off with the FP&A director casually mentioning that a ‘draft’ copy of a debt compliance package was needed. So out of nowhere, I had to turnaround a massive package in a couple of days when typically I have 6 weeks of lead time. b. On top …
July 1st. It’s a new month, a new Monday and my first day on a new project. I saw this quote a few weeks ago but wasn’t inspired to scribble it in my planner until this morning. Coming off of an exhausting weekend, I felt I needed the reminder to …
The title says ‘grievances’ but really these are receipts. My receipts. In other words, it’s my growing list of evidence to support my goal of a shorter work week. I’ve done the mental calculus dozens of times and have determined that if all the interruptions, bottlenecks, nuisances and mismanagement were …
Now that I’m squarely in 2019, it’s around this time that my New Year momentum starts to dip. By the time I’m 3 or 4 weeks into a new year my attention starts to shift elsewhere and the goal I’m working on gets sidelined. Sometimes it’s because I’m clocking more …
An unexpected perk I’ve gained since going freelance has been forgoing the piss-poor exchange companies call “annual performance reviews.” (*hallelujah*) When I did the 9-to-5 thing, my holiday vacation would start with this lingering mix of resentment and annoyance because I was coming fresh off of a performance appraisal. But …
Early in my career, I had a supervisor who was obsessed with face time in the office. Regardless if I had worked a full 8, 10 or 12+ hour day and had completed all of my assigned work, he wanted me to stay in the office if he and the …
It seems like ever since the term grind has entered our workplace vernacular there’s an inherent belief that it comes with most jobs. By the time you enter the workforce your expectations are tempered with an understanding of “the daily grind.” The understanding that work will be arduous, monotonous, mundane …
