Looking for advice. I have a job that includes quite a bit of responsibility and high level decision making. This mess has made it extremely hard to focus on work. I probably have only done half a days worth of work per day for the last month. My employees under me have kept the ship steering straight but I'm concerned this is going to catch up to me. Does anyone have any tips or tricks to not let marital woes affect your quality of work? How do you maintain focus on the task at hand knowing you have a disaster at home?
Trg8,
I'm in the same boat - this has impacted me greatly in the last 2 months and I'm only 6 months into a new job at a Sr. level..... here are somethings I've found useful:
1) Set aside dedicated time to "vent/research/read" - outside of work or during lunchtime 2) busy work - this is hard at a sr. level since a lot of work is self driven/initiative/strategy, but if you can find busy work it helps keep the mind off things 3) Music - when I need to do strategic work I usually put the headphones on 4) If you're a Chrome user - get StayFocusd, it allows you to limit your time on these sites 5) Resist temptation to think/talk about it at work, I find once I start it spirals badly and before I know it half the day is gone 6) Workout - I usually take 45 minutes during my work day to hit the gym 7) Go for a walk - when distracted I go for a walk 8) Talk to people - not about the issues but about work, I find when I'm having meetings I can usually take my mind off things unless it's a big meeting where I'm only there for info - then my mind wanders.
That said I still feel that I'm about half as productive as I could be - so if you have anything that works for you I'd love to hear about it as well.
Good luck!
Me: 40 W: 45 T: 13, M: 11 1 D: 9
Suspect A 6/15 ILBINILWY 8/15, and 3/16 EA/PA Discovered 3/16 EA admitted 3/16 W Moved out 4/16 W opens R talk and says A over 1/17
