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Originally Posted by Sisabel
Well I’m having the same experience. It makes me feel anxious. I keep trying to assess what I will speak up about and what I will let go. There are some things that just won’t get done and they will have to come speak to me about it. When they do, I will revisit the topic of how I’m overworked at the moment. There are some things that are high priority and to cover myself I will speak up very directly about those issues. I hope this resolves for you soon. People keep telling me to stop getting everything done so that my work finally believes me that it’s too much. That is very hard to do.
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Plus, when you do that, after they get used to your superhero completions of everything, it backfires for a moment because suddenly what's wrong with you and not the system. I am speaking from personal experience on this sentence.
It's like push back when boundaries are being established/reestablished in personal relationships. But I assure you, the pain of the critique far outweighs the anxiety and stress of trying to be everything to everyone in the workplace once the dust settles and it's realized it's not you it's the totality of the system.
I think in being overworked, and there not enough hours in the day types of positions of employment, time management and prioritizing are the best lines of defense.
It's safer to say, here's my task list and these are where I'm prioritizing...I'm open to suggestions if you have any. As opposed to saying 'can't do'.