getting back into the work rhythm
Been back at work for a couple of days now. Beginning the third right about now. Didn’t sleep well last night – I went to bed a bit late, and had to get up early to come into the city, so ironically, I think I slept badly because I was thinking too much about how little time I had to sleep.
Monday was a pretty relaxing day at work - I didn’t want to do a lot. My theory after having three weeks off last January was to take the first day back fairly easily – there was no way I was going to be able to accomplish everything and catch up on everything in one day after being away for a while. So in my mind, there’s no point in trying to do that and stressing yourself out. So I just took it easy, read through all my emails, caught up with people, and had a bit of an early home time.
But then Tuesday I really need to kick it, cos I had stuff that needed to get done. My half-yearly review is happening today, and so I had Tuesday to get prepared for it - get together all my sales numbers, the number of mobile services in the portfolio I look after (and growth percentages), the revenue for the portfolio (and its growth), and heaps of other stuff. As well as to self-evaluate myself… always a bit of a tough one.
On top of that, I had to work out how January was going as far as sales go – in the sales world, being on leave doesn’t mean your monthly target changes at all… you should still be able to hit your sales numbers because your pipeline should be full. And then to start giving people a serious push because at more than halfway through the month, I’m less than 20% to target.
So Tuesday was a pretty full on day! And with the sales meeting and half yearly review today, I’m thinking today might be equally draining… but we will see. I know that I want to head home after the review to have an afternoon nap.