It’s Just Work

My gut grinds as I mull over my tasks for today on Remember the Milk *plug*. some unsavory tasks have been put off from Friday (always a bad idea). One is a mistake I made that will affect the tenants in a building that I manage (one of my projects); another is a mistake made by my cell phone insurance company.

I realized last week that I’m way too much of a people pleaser, as if I didn’t know that already. I want everyone to like me and talk about how great I am. How deluded is that? If I do my job well, not everyone will like me. If I want everyone to like me, I couldn’t do my job, hehe. It makes no sense when I think about it.

A mantra that I’ve been repeating to myself is, “It’s just work.” I can’t take everything personally, and sometimes I have to be the bad guy and just let the complaints flow over me. And when I make a mistake I need to own up to it and take what’s coming, but don’t take it personally. It’s just work. Ok, back to work!