April
9th,
2013
To say that things feel “out of control” is an understatement. I’m feeling really stressed out, for several reasons.
Relocating was much more frustrating than planned. There are a number of things that fall under this umbrella that are just adding to the stress.
Taking a new job is stressful. It involves learning a whole new bag of tricks. Trying to fit in with a whole new crowd of people. Dealing with a whole new number of groups/divisions/teams.
- I don’t have all that much of an understanding of the tools in use, how the systems run, the software they use, etc etc.
- I need a haircut
- There is no food in the house. My normal eating habits are in complete chaos.
- Boxes still need to be unpacked. Some stuff doesn’t fit and needs to be sold. Other stuff that can’t be sold needs to be donated.
- I had a medical issue during the first week here. That’s a $2500 mistake.
- I need to re-take the orientation classes.
- I need to rollover my previous 403b
- I need to set up my new 401k…but the new provider doesn’t provide a target retirement fund…so I need to role my own using the funds they do have.
- I’m recovering from injuries and am not feeling up to exercising. I’m told again and again that cyclists aren’t welcome here.
- My motorcycle is in Illinois
- I feel like I’m just burning through money like crazy will bills
- I have to be a landlord to my house in illinois
- I haven’t had the desire to read, play video games, or watch movies.
- I’m lonely
- Dropbox isn’t working right on my desktop
- KeePass isn’t working right on my laptop
- I have a ton of documents to scan and pictures to hang
- I haven’t been able to close the books on my old job because I have to have the benefits office sign papers, and they haven’t cleared my vacation yet.
- Those black outlines that you get from those stickies that medical personal put on you to measure EKG activity are taking forever to wash off
- I’m tired
- I can’t sleep on my side because of sore ribs
- I need to make appointments with a PCP and an endocrinologist
- My meds are going to run out in 1 month
- I pay full price for my meds
- Weight is being put back on
- My head hurts
- I’m not happy, but you wouldn’t be able to tell by looking, and you wouldn’t be able to know by asking.
This is a problem.