[winterglen]

I left my winter coat at work. I left another jacket in my classroom at school. . I have to stop back at work tomorrow to get my winter coat, and I'm hoping to be able to do that without anyone noticing.

I botched several things at work today and I know I wasn't as nice and friendly as I should have been. I was not outright rude, but maybe the patrons could tell I was impatient. Tried to help someone send a fax, but somehow screwed up and I had to ask a coworker to help me -- again.

I just turned in my weekly assignment, then when I checked my class email, my prof said not to turn it in until she hands back last week's assignment. I turned it in anyway. I know I made some obvious mistakes on it, but I'm too tired to go back and fix them. I want this assignment over with, so I just turned it in.

I still have a lot of reading to do, and I'm supposed to have gathered enough information for my big group project which is due in November. My group has done nothing, or at least nothing they have told me about, and I don't feel like I can approach them until I have enough work done. I keep putting off approaching them.

My friend's father has died a couple of weeks ago. I missed the news for a whole week because I never check my texts or my Facebook page. I texted her the other night (two weeks after the fact) but then missed her reply. I didn't have time to try to talk with her this week because I've been swamped with work and school. I haven't heard anything about a funeral, but I'm too afraid to ask, because I feel like I should already know what's going on. I haven't received any invitations through email, phone, or post. I'm a sh*tty friend, I know.

I just don't want to do anything. I'm going to talk with my therapist tomorrow, and she's going to suggest all of these things I can do to organize my life, but it sounds like too much work. I want my class over with, so I can have time to read what I want. I want to spend as little time as possible being me-- being the person who is a terrible friend, a terrible student, an incompetent employee, and an idiot who loses things.

I'm sorry for the length of this.

[vital]

Hi winterglen,

I also remember trying to both work and go to school and it being a bit too much. Even a fairly physical job takes a lot of energy. You might not realize it, but being all stressed out makes your brain work much less well, which can easily lead to more stress... etc.

[mikemac]

Start by doing 1 thing : stop judging yourself. You're hitting too hard on yourself and that's not helping

You're a good person trying to do what you can do to cope with an ever changing world so be conscious of that.

There are things that happen in your environment over which you have NO control so stop beating yourself for those events

People who know you and understand you will understand and accept

They are not perfect as well , no one is .

So start by that

If you want more advice about being more productive and reorganising your days please let me know and we'll continue this chat here

Thank you

Originally Posted by winterglen

I left my winter coat at work. I left another jacket in my classroom at school. . I have to stop back at work tomorrow to get my winter coat, and I'm hoping to be able to do that without anyone noticing.

I botched several things at work today and I know I wasn't as nice and friendly as I should have been. I was not outright rude, but maybe the patrons could tell I was impatient. Tried to help someone send a fax, but somehow screwed up and I had to ask a coworker to help me -- again.

I just turned in my weekly assignment, then when I checked my class email, my prof said not to turn it in until she hands back last week's assignment. I turned it in anyway. I know I made some obvious mistakes on it, but I'm too tired to go back and fix them. I want this assignment over with, so I just turned it in.

I still have a lot of reading to do, and I'm supposed to have gathered enough information for my big group project which is due in November. My group has done nothing, or at least nothing they have told me about, and I don't feel like I can approach them until I have enough work done. I keep putting off approaching them.

My friend's father has died a couple of weeks ago. I missed the news for a whole week because I never check my texts or my Facebook page. I texted her the other night (two weeks after the fact) but then missed her reply. I didn't have time to try to talk with her this week because I've been swamped with work and school. I haven't heard anything about a funeral, but I'm too afraid to ask, because I feel like I should already know what's going on. I haven't received any invitations through email, phone, or post. I'm a sh*tty friend, I know.

I just don't want to do anything. I'm going to talk with my therapist tomorrow, and she's going to suggest all of these things I can do to organize my life, but it sounds like too much work. I want my class over with, so I can have time to read what I want. I want to spend as little time as possible being me-- being the person who is a terrible friend, a terrible student, an incompetent employee, and an idiot who loses things.

I'm sorry for the length of this.