Because I realize I haven't done this for a while, I decided to sit down and do a little bit of self-therapy by writing down what's been going on with me, try to get it out. I write a diary every day, so you'd think that would be enough, but sometimes a single page in a journal just isn't enough to get those rambling thoughts out to be a relief.
I think that talking to people would help, but anxiety makes it impossible. If you've ever had one of those issues that you've talked about over and over again and feel like you're bothering everyone around you by talking about it more than once, you probably have anxiety just like me. So, it makes it difficult. I have a couple friends, my husband and my mom and that's just about it. And feeling like I'm always complaining is a bad feeling.
So, that's what this blog is for, and I really don't want to sound like a "negative nancy" about it, but that's how things have been going lately. I'm tired. I'm exhausted. My work was pretty good at the beginning of the year because we had plenty of people on staff, but that has dropped off drastically to the point there's maybe a handful every day.
They gave me a job to do emails, which was kind of nice for a while, but the busier we got, the more stressed out I got. Then we started losing people so they expected me to do my job but also do phones, and I realized the other week when I was back on phones permanently, that it was the feeling of helplessness, watching that inbox fill up while I was on the phones that it was causing me the worst anxiety. We used to be slow enough (or rather we had enough humans to answer phones) that we could bounce between the emails and calls. Now, it's either straight one or the other with very time to do anything else.
I was going to start talking to my bosses about this, but then we had to cancel all of the meetings because of how busy we have been, and then they keep asking me to work overtime, and it all compounds. I don't mind my job, but the fact that we're just so overwhelmed makes me feel that way.
I kind of miss not having a job, even though I was anxious about that. But I look around my house every day thinking - I need to get all of this stuff done. But I don't have the energy to actually do any of it when I'm off of work. That stresses me out too because my husband makes a mess everywhere he goes and has no sense of urgency to clean it up after himself. So then I have that on top of me too.
Thankfully I do have a week scheduled off coming up, and I'd like to go somewhere in order to just get away for a while. But...we're still in a pandemic. I just don't know what to do about the stress overall.
Is this little complaint fest helping any? Maybe a little bit. I honestly don't care if anyone reads this but I just want it to be OUT of me. Even if it's on virtual paper. I miss people, I miss being around people, but I also am glad I don't have to feel forced to see them either. I really would like to just leave for a day. I'd like to just call off work myself and spend some "me" time, but it's been really hard lately because I also have a very strong sense of devotion to my job, even if it is the cause of most of my stress.
I miss earlier this year when I first started and felt good about everything. Sigh.