I got the cold that is going around our offices, but I have the mega-virus version. Had to go into work today and was exhausted by mid-day--couldn't stop sneezing. I have a huge client meeting tomorrow--I'm sure I will make just a lovely impression, with a tissue constantly clutched to my nose.
Anyhow, I know that part of the reason I'm so sick is that I'm completely stressing out over a huge project that I'm on that has a ridiculously impossible deadline. Wish I didn't get so anxious over these things, but every time I am faced with even the possibility that I will have to work until 10, 11, 12--or longer--every night for 2 weeks and will possibly miss or screw up my workout schedule, I just freak out. So far I have managed to avoid having to do that by good organization and just working really hard during the day. But even the _possibility_ that it might happen sets me off. I know I really need to get a grip...or perhaps a new job, but that will be a long process.
Does anyone else face this sort of job stress and how do you handle it? It has always been a big deal to me to have a life after work--to refuse to let my job take over my life, though most people in my profession work crazy hours, and the people in my office think nothing of staying up ALL night to finish a project, then coming in the next day at normal time and working again until 3 a.m. I refuse to do that. Heck, I refuse to work late most of the time. But I have always felt guilty about it--I don't have kids, so it's not as if I am going home to take care of my family. All I am doing is "just" working out. Still, I feel strong enough about it that I once quit a job over it. I'd hate to do that now--I'm older with more bills to pay! But these type of projects happen several times a year, and I can't keep making myself sick over it. As it is, I worked all weekend, even though I was really sick with a cold. Last October I I had bronchitis and a fever of 101, but had to work anyhow, though I did get to work at home.
I'm anxious to hear what everyone thinks.
Anyhow, I know that part of the reason I'm so sick is that I'm completely stressing out over a huge project that I'm on that has a ridiculously impossible deadline. Wish I didn't get so anxious over these things, but every time I am faced with even the possibility that I will have to work until 10, 11, 12--or longer--every night for 2 weeks and will possibly miss or screw up my workout schedule, I just freak out. So far I have managed to avoid having to do that by good organization and just working really hard during the day. But even the _possibility_ that it might happen sets me off. I know I really need to get a grip...or perhaps a new job, but that will be a long process.
Does anyone else face this sort of job stress and how do you handle it? It has always been a big deal to me to have a life after work--to refuse to let my job take over my life, though most people in my profession work crazy hours, and the people in my office think nothing of staying up ALL night to finish a project, then coming in the next day at normal time and working again until 3 a.m. I refuse to do that. Heck, I refuse to work late most of the time. But I have always felt guilty about it--I don't have kids, so it's not as if I am going home to take care of my family. All I am doing is "just" working out. Still, I feel strong enough about it that I once quit a job over it. I'd hate to do that now--I'm older with more bills to pay! But these type of projects happen several times a year, and I can't keep making myself sick over it. As it is, I worked all weekend, even though I was really sick with a cold. Last October I I had bronchitis and a fever of 101, but had to work anyhow, though I did get to work at home.
I'm anxious to hear what everyone thinks.
