How to keep calm when chaos reigns
Calm down, calm down ... I knew this week would be difficult after a two week break, but wow! I went from complete relaxation without a care in the world to feeling like I'd been dropped into the middle of a tornado. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, I love my job and busy home life and it's more a case of being frustrated and annoyed with myself for not trusting in my routines and systems. I don't pretend to be the epitome of calmness all the time, but I am usually pretty grounded. However, I allowed myself to become completely disorganised this week, simply because I got caught up in the chaos of trying to catch up with everything and not relying on my tried and trusted systems. I didn't put into practice what I preach and take enough time out to think logically. At work, I was trying to do things directly from my emails instead of sorting them out into tasks, read later, delete etc and at home, I skipped so...