Stress.
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I’m gonna brave through this entry in this most inconvenient of times. I have a headache. Actually this headache’s been recurring for the past several days now. But I think this headache is just what I need to keep myself from throwing this post into the pool of drafts I have here.
Despite all the negative connotations that the word “stress” has, I actually appreciate its looming presence in the office. It keeps people on their toes, it keeps us from slacking off (well…) and it actually makes people more efficient. It’s tip-toeing the thin line between being deliberate and panicking. Between knowing you can get through it and just giving up. Maybe between strategy and recklessness.
But like they say, stress can bring out the worst in people. It can cause us to clash, to raise our voices, to stop listening, to close our minds and rationalize our doing so. It shortens our temper. It doesn’t just tire us, it exhausts us. Drains us.
I guess it all boils down to how you handle it. And how soon you realize three things:
It’s not always your fault or responsibility. So don’t try to do and fix everything.
In the larger scale of things, it’s really not that bad. When you walk out of the office, the world is still the same, whether or not you made that impossible deadline.
You can try, but you really can’t please everyone. So don’t worry about who gets upset.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I like the project I’m on very much. In fact I think that’s why I let it get to me. But I won’t let that get in the way. In the end, you just gotta do your job, stop fussing about the excesses, and do your best at what’s left.
