I'm writing for a well known radio station in the UK, holding down a part time job in an office, running a house and looking after a small toddler... and I'm three months pregnant too.
I just got an email from my editor asking for a lot of work to be done by tommorrow morning...I feel like I'M LOSING IT!
What can I do? There's no question that I have to complete the work...
2007-09-05 21:41:02 · 8 answers · asked by Daisyhill 7 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Just relax. Yes, you have a lot on your plate, but you can only do so much at a time.
Check your priorities, your kids come first and until their needs are met, you can do nothing else. Do the best you can and do the most you can do.
I'd also suggest not spending your precious time on Yahoo Answers, but then I'm here too when my to do list is quite long.
Best of luck to you :)
2007-09-05 21:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by wildeyedredhead 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the problem is that you are pregnant. Pregnancy will actual result in changes to your brain...basically making you stupid. This is true and most women feel frustrated by this fact. Learning and a lot of other tasks that you found easy to do before will become harder.
I would suggest cutting back on some things. You can't be a super mum. You should ask be prepared to talk to various people in an attempt to reduce the pressure. Generally they won't discriminate against you, and if they do it is against the law and you can deal with it through the appropriate legal processes.
Relax. You don't have to do everything. When you are too stressed you are above you optimimum level. I am writing this from work where I am not productive, because I am way below my optimum level.
Find ways to relax. Get a massage, go for a walk, many other things will help you feel better. Then get back into the work. Your boss is asking for this work to be done because he knows you can do it. I believe that he is right.
With support from us online you will feel better and be ready to take it on.
Good luck.
2007-09-06 04:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by flingebunt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and that is why I work for myself from home...( 4 years now)
I am a mother of 5, stay at home, work my own hours and make doctors wages and I never spent a penny on college.
I teach others to do the same thing I do.
I do not sell or inventory...pick up or deliver anything and my business is truly risk free...
I suggest with all your skill and ability to juggle that you have a look at what I do...for free.
Unless you like the pressure of working for someone else and the ball and chain of being controlled by a boss.
If you would like time freedom and great money to keep... let me know and I can give you an information overview of what I do either on a web cast or over the phone. Each way takes about 25-30 minutes...thank you, Jane
Ps my business is in the UK also.
2007-09-06 08:45:18 · answer #3 · answered by Jim and Jane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a deep breathe, hold it, and let it out. Get a piece of paper, and write a #1, then write the most important thing for you to do. Then continue down the list, it is always a good thing to do. This will let you see how much you really have to do, then you only have to think about the one thing on the list at a time, so that you are not thinking of everything and going crazy. I always do this when i have tons of stuff to do. It works I promise!
2007-09-06 04:50:56 · answer #4 · answered by applebeer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I used to be my ex-husbands dental assistant. Try working and being together 24, 7.In a dental office. Stress to the max. Bringing your work home with you. Exasperating!
2007-09-06 04:48:17 · answer #5 · answered by kick it 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i know that u need to work in order to help u financially with home and the kid.. and pressure at work is just normal.. its just how u manage it.. u have to have a working schedule... i know that u can finish the job in due time... and maybe i cud suggest that u can also have ur work from home... since ur wirk is more on writing.. u have a computer.. y not work with ur computer and send it thru email... with the latest technology that we have.. i'm sure u can work things out...
2007-09-06 04:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by skeptic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this might sounds worthless , but you need to stop and think about all the stress that this will cause you , you need to stop and think about your well being and about that baby , stress can bring you pre-term labor , bad part is you are only 12 weeks or so , maybe try and have a reasonable conversation with your editor maybe your husband can help , ask for help from friends ,
2007-09-06 04:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by k_bliss_love 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing in the secular world ever gives back more than it asks of you. In your case, you must think of the long-term effects of what stress can do to you (as well as your unborn child).
For your own sake, you should lay down at least one of your many responsibilities.
2007-09-06 04:51:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋