There are days I wish things were like a light switch where I could just turn them off. But it doesn't always work like that does it?
@duglop It's not a perfect fix, but in those moments where my thoughts get bad, I focus on my mindfulness training and watching my breathing. "I am breathing in, I am breathing out." Not control, just watch it, and let that fill up my thinking.
It can stave off an anxiety attack, sometimes.
@NiveusLepus I understand what you're talking about I'm not executive talking about situations like that I'm talking about coming home from work after a very frustrating shift and not being able to shut that frustration off because you know you're going to turn right around and walk back into the same bullshit
@duglop That would be tough. Is it just the holiday season being busy there, or has it be getting more miserable over time?
@NiveusLepus it's no different than any other stressful atmosphere at any job just different parameters, circumstances and situations.. and some days are just worse than others... yesterday started out great and then about 5 hours into the shift evil Monday appeared and things got chaotic... We always seem to make it happen so then they expect more out of us the next time...
@duglop Hard days are a function of any job that is true, but from my vantage, if work is making you consistently miserable, well, we only have so much time in the world, and I hate that you're miserable.
It sounds like you work in a highly skilled job, is there a chance of greener grass?
@NiveusLepus This is the greener grass... The job I left last year was 10 times worse than this job... The pay at this job is better... Things will improve once I get our other facilities built and functioning but for now we got to do what we got to do to make it work
@duglop It's an admirable trait to be focused on a long game, when its raining so hard on you now. If you ever need someone to vent too, I'm always happy to listen.
Knowing that there are better days I'm building towards helps me too.
@NiveusLepus I go into work positive everyday. Kind of like a workout routine... I put my music on to get myself in a good work mode to go in with a smile joking carrying on building other people up and supporting them... So it's not like I go into work with a bad attitude at all quite the opposite actually...