[yellowfrog268]

I've always hated disruptions to my day. When I held a 9-5 type job, I had to be very careful about not getting coworkers or supervisors pissed off and so I said nothing when they threw stuff my way that I hadn't planned on. The stress certainly didn't just disappear, no, it would simply build until out of frustration I let it be known that I could not get my own work done if people kept asking me to do other things. Of course, I would get the usual "What in the hell is her problem?" look from coworkers.

Now I work from home so there is way less stress on me but it seems as though my tolerance for interruptions has lessened.

Today was a day filled with "Could you...?" or "Would you mind...?" and although most of the requests were reasonable, I find myself irritated and wanting to be left alone. Part of the problem for me is that if you interrupt me, I have a hard time getting back into what I was doing before and I wind up resenting the one who diverted my attentions. Also, the longer the delay in getting back to my regularly scheduled program, the more anxiety I feel because certain things must be accomplished before day's end and I'm left feeling overwhelmed and irritated at being thrown off schedule.

Anyone else get like this?

[gayleggg]

I, also, get very irritated when interupted when I'm working. Especially, if it is something that takes a lot of concentration. I try to not show it but sometimes it just comes out in my voice, which is bad because sometimes interuprtions can't be helped. Working from home may take setting some boundaries to help keep interuptions to a minimum. Good luck.

[JadeAmethyst]

Good luck working from home!!! That is my personal dream job. Yes, I do not like being interrupted when concentrating....Once I had a job and took the 3 to 11pm shift just to lower the high levels of stress during the day.....

Jade