Really BAD day

I shouldn't have posted about happiness when clearly it is not on the agenda this week......today had to be one of the worst days since I started working. Working under pressure or insane multi-tasking is one thing, they are frustrating but somewhat manageable. Today, urgh.......today was just nuclear explosion from hell!

Ok, I should start with some self reflection, I have been procrastinating on some issues lately, my fault, should have done things right then and there. However we are seriously understaffed here and I think taking on too much has finally bit me in the back. While trying to juggle multiple tasks at once, also needed to fill in for others who had quit, or on leave. Today, finally today, 3 or 4 things caught up to me at once, normally I'm pretty good at this, but today it just seemed to be too much. Every happened at once and it just felt like standing in front of an avalanche, horrible sight, but unable to combat it. At one point, I had to go into an office and shut the doors behind me and just cover my eyes with my hands for a while to relax myself, pathetic, eh?

I'm feeling better now as I've analyzed the situation, case by case, what I can and cannot do/control in these situations. I will try to fix up some problems and delegate some tasks to my colleagues and persuade the boss to get more people in. If I'm faced with irrational behaviour with no recognition, I will bring up hints of quitting. There's no point for me to stay somewhere that does not recognize the effort I've put in to my work, yet I get blamed for elements out of my control, that just sucks!

Here's an interesting pic I found, more can be found HERE