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Work has been intense for the past couple of days, and idjit me did something weird to my back exercising yesterday, so I have chosen not to go to fencing tonight.

This is just as well, as the sky has turned BLACK with the upcoming thunderstorm - we're under flash flood watch until morning, so bugging out for tonight is perhaps not such a loss!

I have got to get over this hyper-responsibility thing.

I am finding increasingly that I have great difficulty slacking off. At work this is most noticeable because even though now I have help, I am reluctant to delegate to anyone. I've embraced the notion of "if you want it done right, do it yourself" a little too firmly and it's killing me. I even try to remember everything for everyone else, and wind up forgetting my own appointments in the process.

Even at home this is a problem - I feel like I can't let my hair down for a SECOND because someone has got to make the food, pay the bills, clean the cat litter, etc. D. is very good at doing what I ask, but even finding out what needs to be delgated to him is yet another chore.

I would dearly love to blow off work and just lay around the house tomorrow, but I know I won't do it, even though I have enough vacation stored up. Reasons being: I feel like I'd be imposing my crazy workload on my workmates, because even if I'm not there, these things are time-sensitive and Must Happen, and 2) even if I were at home, I'd find something that needed to be done.

Next Friday I may treat myself to a day off, but if, and only if, I think I can responsibly get away with it

My one irresponsibility of the day was ordering pizza for dinner. I was too tired/achey to cook, and dammit, I've not ordered out in over a month, and haven't had pizza since probably sometime in January. Go me (?)

Date: 2003-06-19 05:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hadesgirl.livejournal.com
Yes-yes-yes! You have to learn you can't do it all, for everyone, all the time! I am struggling with this as well - always have. But I am realizing now that the only thing I'm doing is slowly killing myself with all the perceived responsibility I'm saddling myself with.

I'm going to GOOF OFF tomorrow - my first goofing off day of this entire week. And no one had better try and stop me!!! (grin)

You have to do this Allison - for your own sanity!!!!

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