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Posted 10/29/2013 11:13 AM (GMT 0)
hi, my screen name is display.

i'm anxious about a work thing. i was off for a week. some of the work piled up, and yesterday (my first day back) it piled up even more. now i have a project that will take many days or weeks to catch up on. i will try and just do the best that i can. i may have to ask for help. and they may just ask me to work overtime (which i really don't want to do).

i should mention that this task or project is not very important in the scheme of things. it is clerical work and like i said, not very important.

i'm really amazed at how much my mind wants to latch onto something to be anxious about. i know sometimes i can just look at my job as a little job that i do to get pay and benefits.

this is day 2 of wearing my new dentures to work and i'm anxious about that too, although not as much as yesterday (everything went fine).

thanks for listening,
Posted 10/29/2013 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
Prioritize, and most of all don't rush it. Take the most imporstnat thing and work steady on it. Don't even think of the rest while doing that one thing. I do this at work all the time. I look at everything and freak out. Then I take one project and focus JUST on that, I don't rush it in fear of messing it up so I just forget the rest for just that moment. The very worse that could happen is some works must be done the next day. That's fine, and It happens everywhere. Lots of work makes the day go faster so thats a great thing. Again, don't look at it all at once. It will get smaller and smaller as the day goes. Best of luck!!!
Posted 10/29/2013 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
Hi D.,

Glad to hear that your day with the new appliance went well yesterday! That must be a big relief to have had a postive experience first day back.

It is really hard to get back into the swing of things when you have been gone...especially to come back to a pile of work that has backed up on your time off.

Jessc has advised you well...so just do what you can do, and if you need to ask for help that is okay. You had legitimate reason to be off, and it is natural that one person can not handle all of the extra workload.

I hope that you can get through this without anxiety, and get back to your regular routine soon. Sending encouraging thougths!

S.C.
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