This double up thing is starting to be a trend and it almost turned into a triple up because I'm really not in the right frame of mind to post tonight.
I've had one of those days. It started off well with a good run with some lovely company in the freezing cold. We ventured through the streets of town and my map on my GPS running log looked a lot like a drawing by Mr Squiggle. We went up streets we hadn't been on before and discovered that our little town has more hills then we thought.
I then tried to warm up with rolled oats and honey and a hot milo. How do you warm up at breakfast?
Off to work and I was to take a councillor on a tour of our libraries to talk about challenges we are facing so they are equipped to lobby for us in council meetings and to assist us to push our agenda to senior staff. It was a lovely day but mentally draining. I had a lovely lunch at the Dorrigo Rainforest Centre. It was a good day.
Then I returned to the branch at 4.30pm to a bit of a state and a last minute roster change. Stress levels high and this continued into the evening with some catch up work in the second job and trying to change some calendar bookings that didn't want to work.
Deep breath and I've finished what I needed to do and am now pumping this out before I crawl to bed.
Let's not forget the mantras:
Every positive thought propels you in the right direction. Yep, this is something I'm working on as sometimes I get bogged down in the negative and really positive thoughts can bring good to you!! If you think the negative will happen, it will.
When it doubt, work out. Umm, not the right time to throw a workout in at the moment but I do know that when I exercise at lunchtime and I've had a particularly challenging morning, then I do come back fresh and ready to tackle the rest of the day. And yes, sometimes a run can provide the answers!!
Now to go to bed to rest up as tomorrow is FITNESS TEST DAY!!! Each month at bootcamp we have a different fitness test - tomorrow's is the 2.4km run. This requires us to run around the 400m oval 6 times.
Ok, if you get me to run in a straight line 2.4km for a time trial - yep no problem!! But around in circles - ahhhh!! It is a psychological thing for me and circles seem to make it seem oh so much longer! But I will tackle it head on! Goodnight!
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Blog December Post 21 - A call to Action
Today's Destiny Card is Action - well actually the first one I pulled was Prudence but I really couldn't think hard enough to write a post on prudence so action it is!
This week has been a week of action - well the whole year has been really, but because I'm on leave as of tomorrow, the action has ramped up this week. I had to make sure I completed most tasks that had to be done before I go on leave.
There has been a lot happening at work with regard to staffing. One of my hardest working staff members (ok they all work hard but this one works particularly hard) is going to be off on sick leave for some time. This is making rostering for relief staff a very fun (not really) task for me. At the same time, I'm trying not to get too caught up in my management hat to become desensitised to what my staff member is going through during this difficult time.
This staff member works with me regularly and we have come to work together really well. Where I lapse, they step in, where they lapse, I step in. We almost don't have to communicate when we are on together as we just know when to step in and what to do. This person is possibly the most organised person I know and prior to going on leave had organised that we had enough stationery, soap and toilet paper, got the Christmas decorations up, put together the stuff we needed for the Summer Reading program, and basically left with everything ready to go.
Now the leave will be extended, and I don't think they were prepared for the extent of their leave. And some of the tasks that they do really well, like tallying up all the money at the end of the month (I really suck when it comes to numbers and maths), will have to be done by me.
I will be working with a few different staff members during this time, so the communication aspect will have to be worked on. I will have to remember to be more communicative to them as we don't have that working relationship as I do with my staff member on leave.
I think it will be a challenging time but it is probably going to be good for me to be more communicative and work at getting procedures and everything more up to date. So really it's a call to Action for me.
I really hope that I do have a relaxing and refreshing break as next year is looking to be a challenging one - but then really, when aren't they!!
On a happier note - this afternoon is our work Christmas party and I'm really looking forward to kicking the heels up (well not as much as I could as the boss will be there and all) and talking with staff from all areas of the organisation.
This week has been a week of action - well the whole year has been really, but because I'm on leave as of tomorrow, the action has ramped up this week. I had to make sure I completed most tasks that had to be done before I go on leave.
There has been a lot happening at work with regard to staffing. One of my hardest working staff members (ok they all work hard but this one works particularly hard) is going to be off on sick leave for some time. This is making rostering for relief staff a very fun (not really) task for me. At the same time, I'm trying not to get too caught up in my management hat to become desensitised to what my staff member is going through during this difficult time.
This staff member works with me regularly and we have come to work together really well. Where I lapse, they step in, where they lapse, I step in. We almost don't have to communicate when we are on together as we just know when to step in and what to do. This person is possibly the most organised person I know and prior to going on leave had organised that we had enough stationery, soap and toilet paper, got the Christmas decorations up, put together the stuff we needed for the Summer Reading program, and basically left with everything ready to go.
Now the leave will be extended, and I don't think they were prepared for the extent of their leave. And some of the tasks that they do really well, like tallying up all the money at the end of the month (I really suck when it comes to numbers and maths), will have to be done by me.
I will be working with a few different staff members during this time, so the communication aspect will have to be worked on. I will have to remember to be more communicative to them as we don't have that working relationship as I do with my staff member on leave.
I think it will be a challenging time but it is probably going to be good for me to be more communicative and work at getting procedures and everything more up to date. So really it's a call to Action for me.
I really hope that I do have a relaxing and refreshing break as next year is looking to be a challenging one - but then really, when aren't they!!
On a happier note - this afternoon is our work Christmas party and I'm really looking forward to kicking the heels up (well not as much as I could as the boss will be there and all) and talking with staff from all areas of the organisation.
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