Stress from work!
JellybeanJeanette
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I was put in a difficult situation by a co-worker and I made a decision - under pressure -that I think I will regret.
I can't sleep. I feel sick. I feel like eating a truck load of chocolate....
I can't sleep. I feel sick. I feel like eating a truck load of chocolate....
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That majorly stinks. Sorry. Take a shower or a walk or make a phone call.0
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Been there, done that. Take a step back and a deep breath and let it go. Unless it was life threatening, it is not worth the anguish. A little chocolate would be ok0
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How awful. I hope you're able to redress this with the coworker.0
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Oh noooooo0
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I hope you are doing better.
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Have you resolved the issue? At least enough to get some sleep and rework the problem? We all make decisions that aren't the best for whatever reason. A sign of maturity is the ability to apologize for your own fault, let go of others' faults, change what you can change and walk away from what you have no control over (PS You have no control over what other people say, think or do...you can only control your own responses. Hard lesson!) Hope things are better for you now.2
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Terrific advice! Hope things are going well.0
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@JellybeanJeanette 'Hope you are doing well.0
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JellybeanJeanette wrote: »I was put in a difficult situation by a co-worker and I made a decision - under pressure -that I think I will regret.
I can't sleep. I feel sick. I feel like eating a truck load of chocolate....
Hope life at work is going0 -
I changed my work stress.
On 12/14 I quit. I was tired of dealing with the owner who was supposed to retire and I was taking over. After six years and still no contract, no transition plan, and then him telling me his needs were most important (after he renewed a lease we couldn't afford to satisfy his ego) snandd with him not paying me when his cash flow got tight I decided I couldn't wait any longer. I'm a licensed professional and have a base of clients so I have something to start around.
The last couple of months have been really busy as I laid the groundwork to go. I've been at peace with the choice until tonight when I had the first nightmare about failure.
Oh well shrug that off and plow ahead. At 55 I'm finally doing what I said I wanted to do 20 years ago.
(And just so things stay interesting we are in the early stages of building a new home. And our youngest just graduated college so we're working on getting her gone. Nothing like change! )5 -
I just changed my work stress too. This morning I put in my notice of intention to retire at the end of May. I'll be 61 with one heart attack behind me, and I have no intention of dropping dead behind this desk, stand-up or not.
Just this morning a guy asked me to build a boat for him, so I think I'll make do just fine.
Good luck with your life change Allen. I left Michelin 10 years ago on early retirement after 30 years, and never looked back or been without work.4 -
@allenpriest, from what you've described, it sounds like you're overdue to escape that job!!
@Farback, you're re-retiring? Is that even a thing??
My work stress dropped off dramatically last year when the executive of our group changed. The manager was (is?) a micromanaging azzhat who made life miserable for most of us. In retrospect, I should have pressed a formal complaint against him instead of trying to resolve the conflict informally since that allowed the previous executive to shield the manager due to their friendship. Anyway, new executive comes in and within a couple of weeks, the manager is back to his old tricks... so, in a meeting between the executive, the manager and I, when the manager blustered about how great morale was, I got caught rolling my eyes. After a somewhat heated discussion, the executive asked for time to digest the situation. I followed up a week later and described the toxic work environment created by the manager. The executive suggested if we were unable to resolute the situation, someone might be transferred. I provided material on internal resources available to address a toxic work environment and said if someone needed to be transferred, the manager was the longest term employee, having worked in this group since 2002. Within a couple of weeks, the manager was shuffled to another position.
This means we're working short-handed but it's still better than being constantly manipulated by a useless manager whose sole focus was getting himself promoted...5 -
Sounds like life work wise is looking good for you all. 2017 is getting off to a great start.
I've been working at my job for 27 years as a sales manager in a furniture store. I can't retire until I'm 67 so I've got 14 years to go ... I'm counting the days ...
. we also run a building company from home & that is very stressful. My husband works extremely hard for very little reward. Everyone wanting things done cheaply. We also employ one of our sons & that brings on it stresses.
Farback ... my husband would love to retire & build boats3 -
Tax season
And I opened my own practice two months ago.
Things are getting busy with the major US deadlines starting to hit in four weeks.0 -
Busier
Ugh
But I worked in an hour walk yesterday.2
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