Shrinking Assets - September 2020 Team Chat
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Got my walk in. Wasn't looking for speed, just to get back out and be active as its been a while
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One day at a time @hipari and if you have achieved all you can then nothing more can be done. Anything else that happens was never under your control in the first place.0
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@TheMrWobbly thanks! The thing is, it kinda needs to be under my control even if it isn’t right now. Not anybody’s spouse’s health of course, but I (and my fellow managers) need to take things in control and keep the company afloat so our boss can take the time he and his kids need and nobody has to suffer unnecessarily. When including family members of employees, there’s about 100 people whose lives are affected by this company, and I have a big role and keeping everything running and making sure salaries get paid.
On top of this work struggle, I just found out my American grandma passed away today. We weren’t super close anymore and the last time I talked with her was this spring, but still. During my exchange year I talked with her pretty much every day. She was an amazing woman.3 -
My first hurricane!
They are forecasting rain in excess of 15” tomorrow alone. I’m just gonna hunker down for a couple days y’all!!!
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Sorry to hear about your Grandma @hipari
If there are 100 people relying on the company why are only 4 of you taking all of the strain? Who needs to step up and take some tasks from you so you can take some from the CEO? Good succession planning and training opportunity? Also what happens when your CEO goes on annual leave? I know that is only short term however it is probably a well rehearsed routine. If your CEO doesn't take annual leave then they will be back sooner as work is something they need.0 -
Well, this week started off horribly. My boss's wife passed away this morning. I didn't know her personally, but I'm devastated for him and his two young daughters who lost their mom. In addition to this news hitting me and everyone else right in the feels, it messes things up pretty badly business-wise. He's the CEO and nobody, not even he himself, can how soon he's able to come back, how long it takes until he's 100% etc. So, the rest of the executive team (4 people including me) are trying to figure out how to run everything, take over whatever he had on his list so he can take time off, and make sure nothing breaks down, on top of doing our own overly busy jobs and managing the mental load of these news. Obviously we *want* to be flexible and help him in whatever way we can and I'm not complaining, but it's still going to be bad and nobody knows if it takes days, weeks or months.
So yeah, instead of taking a calm day of collecting my nerves and tackling some bigger issues at work that need focus, I spent the day crying, making contingency plans, talking on the phone with board members and executives, planning internal communication and dividing responsibilities, and running virtual errands like ordering flowers. I've done none of the things I planned to do today at work. My plan of walking somewhere to get a healthy lunch switched to ordering delivery and munching it down while trying to form a view of what needs to be done.
What an awful situation, but they are lucky to have you. Not everyone is equipped to handle the unexpected and while you were undoubtedly stressed out, you were a valuable cog in their operation.1 -
@TheMrWobbly there are about 25 employees, but their family members are of course relying on business running, salaries being paid and layoffs not happening.
He does take annual leave regularly, but it's pre-planned and here pretty much all business shuts down for the month of July as almost everyone in every company is on holidays, so there's a lot less to take care of. People are stepping up where they can, but the majority of our employees are consultants and specialists, not managers, salespeople, HR professionals or accountants. There's not many tasks that can be transferred without extensive training and knowledge transfer. Plus, all other employees are fully booked with their own jobs as well. This is the kind of thing that falls on the executives, no matter how we slice it. If a long-term solution is needed, that's a different thing.
Today is so much brighter already, and I even got a little walk. Just a grocery run, but still. Tonight I have my acrobatics class, hopefully it will take my mind off work.2 -
Finally got in a workout today as winds blew the 2+ weeks of intense wildfire smoke blanketing SF a little bit inland! My lungs still feel like they're only operating at about 75 to 80%, but you know what the endorphins are everything... I was starting to get down without the chance to sweat. Here's hoping the smoke headaches and fatigue are over for a bit!
@Beka3695 the last thing you need is more flooding/water at your house! Here's hoping you can ride out the storm safely. The layered crises right now are a lot to deal with, but we are stronger than we know!
Eating at my new lower calorie goal has been quite the experience/learning these past few weeks. It was a rocky start then I was over compensating/under eating/not hitting macros last week which resulted in an unacceptable binge day. It felt like a bad glimpse at some disordered eating that I want no part of. All of that felt awful, but I got things under wraps this week by not being so aggressive meal planning *such* low calorie dinners and snacks. Now I'm finding that a few cuts I made to my go to breakfast (nixing the cheese and English muffin) and a stable of reliable snacks are helping me get very close to calorie and macro goals.
I still haven't hit a steady loss groove again, but I'm not plateau-ing. I'll take it!1 -
Winds at the eyewall are +110. This will make landfall in about 4 hours. We lost power about an hour ago. The baby is the only one sleeping. This thing is only moving 2 MPH. Take pride knowing you can outrun this hurricane.
My eating has been off point and I expect will continue.
@carriestrine - I am at my daughters house. I nanny for my grandson until childcare is a thing again. My personal home is in north Georgia. Yes, layers of stress.3 -
Happy Wednesday
Weigh in
Curvybaja55
PW. 170.3
CW. 170.8
LTD. 32
Hope everyone have a great day. 😀😀😀💃💃💓3 -
Wednesday weigh in:
PW: 150.8
CW: 150.0
LTD: 16 LBS4 -
Hope you and your family is safe and well from this storm.
Winds at the eyewall are +110. This will make landfall in about 4 hours. We lost power about an hour ago. The baby is the only one sleeping. This thing is only moving 2 MPH. Take pride knowing you can outrun this hurricane.
My eating has been off point and I expect will continue.
@carriestrine - I am at my daughters house. I nanny for my grandson until childcare is a thing again. My personal home is in north Georgia. Yes, layers of stress.
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@TheMrWobbly there are about 25 employees, but their family members are of course relying on business running, salaries being paid and layoffs not happening.
He does take annual leave regularly, but it's pre-planned and here pretty much all business shuts down for the month of July as almost everyone in every company is on holidays, so there's a lot less to take care of. People are stepping up where they can, but the majority of our employees are consultants and specialists, not managers, salespeople, HR professionals or accountants. There's not many tasks that can be transferred without extensive training and knowledge transfer. Plus, all other employees are fully booked with their own jobs as well. This is the kind of thing that falls on the executives, no matter how we slice it. If a long-term solution is needed, that's a different thing.
Today is so much brighter already, and I even got a little walk. Just a grocery run, but still. Tonight I have my acrobatics class, hopefully it will take my mind off work.
Hang in there I cannot imagined the stress that you are under now.0 -
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This is my last week of 3 13 hour days. This 5 week course has def taught me some stuff but its also made me realize how much I really don't know in the pharmacy world.
The weather here has majorly dropped. Its 11am and 58 degrees. I am enjoying not having my AC going as the bills were quite high this summer.
I haven't gotten out since Monday. We found out my possum has an infection and I freak out a bit every time I leave thinking he wont make it. I have already lost 2 in my rehab journey. This *kitten* is hard!4 -
Wednesday Weigh In:
KittyInBoots17:
PW: 234.6
CW:234.4
This is what happens when you overeat, go up, and then keep overeating, with a sad attempt to bring it down by weigh in day. Lol.
My gosh guys, why can't I get this under control? Like I know what I need to do. I really do. I just can't seem to do it.
I've been here before, and I remember thinking, I wonder how it will be at 215, 205, 199... I remember reaching 199 and still not dropping sizes. I think this is what gets in my head. It's like, oh, I'm still fat. I still got the rolls I hoped would disappear. So then I "don't care" cuz all my effort didn't seem to amount to much.
Now I'm like, if you had just stayed at 195 or whatever. Could have just maintained it. When you regain it's like, how did that happen? I'm legit dreading having to wear my 1X winter coat again after telling myself never to fit it again. Sigh.6 -
Sorry for being AWOL.... having a few days with my parents and not really been using my phone. No scales to weigh in this morning so could I carry over last week's weight?
I've skimmed the posts and feel like I need to send plenty of hugs. Will be back properly at the weekend xxx3 -
So I attempted to make a shadow cake for my husband from scratch. We used to get it at a bakery by where we grew up, but they went out of business.
I put the recipe into mfp and even if I cut it into 20 servings, it was still almost a full days calories. I had one piece and good for me, bad for my husband, it’s pretty bad. I don’t even know why I bothered to eat the whole piece; I think it’s just because I was raised to never waste food.
Now we have a cake in the fridge that no one wants to eat lol. At least my epic baking failure didn’t complete derail my weight loss3 -
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So my possums tail isn't swollen much anymore but still looks very infected.
Poor guy. He is actually eating and going to the the bathroom so I am hoping with the few days of meds, he is just slowly getting better 4
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