I can't believe I even have to say it
Feb. 1st, 2004 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tiamatladybut dammit, I'm getting angry already and it's only January.
Invitations are always very nice. Invitations that are whiny commands, just make me angry.
Doesn't anyone get that I WANT to do stuff? but I have responsibilities. And a need to make as much money as I can, in this short period of time. I have a bunch of people making professional demands of me, and since they PAY me, they have every right to. My work involves long hours right now, and takes a lot out of me mentally. I'm already at a point where all I do is eat, work and sleep. Any "Hey come on over and sit and let us talk at you" just makes me think "That's time I could be sleeping." I'm not in a very congenial mood, I'm not in the mood to make nice nice conversation. And I have very little reserves right now, thanks to work over the past nine months. I just DON'T have the energy.
And then there's the work aspect of my personal time. The 'Hey can you do my taxes." Trying to get me to come hang out, and THEN telling me "And hey, I can ask you about my taxes" REALLY pisses me off. If you want my help, or my expertise, just email me and be straightforward. I'll warn you, I'm probably going to say no, but possibly not this early in the game. If you ask me in mid March, or early April, you can piss off.
I'm just asking for some understanding that I'm being pulled in 6 different directions. Trying to pull me in a 7th, no matter what name it's called, serves to heighten my stress level.
This isn't directed at ANYONE in particular, and I know some of you get it already. It's a trend I'm seeing forming, like it did last year, and I'm not in the mood to lose friends because my warnings go unheeded. I won't have any sympathy.
Now, on that note, I have to get dressed and get to work. Then I have to eat, and come home and do some MORE work, for my monthly client meeting on Tuesday. This is my day off. You can have it.
Invitations are always very nice. Invitations that are whiny commands, just make me angry.
Doesn't anyone get that I WANT to do stuff? but I have responsibilities. And a need to make as much money as I can, in this short period of time. I have a bunch of people making professional demands of me, and since they PAY me, they have every right to. My work involves long hours right now, and takes a lot out of me mentally. I'm already at a point where all I do is eat, work and sleep. Any "Hey come on over and sit and let us talk at you" just makes me think "That's time I could be sleeping." I'm not in a very congenial mood, I'm not in the mood to make nice nice conversation. And I have very little reserves right now, thanks to work over the past nine months. I just DON'T have the energy.
And then there's the work aspect of my personal time. The 'Hey can you do my taxes." Trying to get me to come hang out, and THEN telling me "And hey, I can ask you about my taxes" REALLY pisses me off. If you want my help, or my expertise, just email me and be straightforward. I'll warn you, I'm probably going to say no, but possibly not this early in the game. If you ask me in mid March, or early April, you can piss off.
I'm just asking for some understanding that I'm being pulled in 6 different directions. Trying to pull me in a 7th, no matter what name it's called, serves to heighten my stress level.
This isn't directed at ANYONE in particular, and I know some of you get it already. It's a trend I'm seeing forming, like it did last year, and I'm not in the mood to lose friends because my warnings go unheeded. I won't have any sympathy.
Now, on that note, I have to get dressed and get to work. Then I have to eat, and come home and do some MORE work, for my monthly client meeting on Tuesday. This is my day off. You can have it.
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Date: 2004-02-01 12:29 pm (UTC)