gillpolack @ 2014-11-11T12:17:00
Thank you, everyone for the good wishes.
It's funny that things like that (not the good wishes, the fact that if my father had been diagnosed at my age, he would have lived) create a kind of logjam. I did the big things, but got behind on the small things. I waited for other people to do things they'd promised, leaving anything that might conflict until I'd heard from them. Except they've done other things and forgotten the promises (or ignored my emails) and I was too busy worrying to realise. This last hour, I've started catching up on the small things and finding a way out of this small mess. Mostly that means littering the world with messages, because everyone was out or in between jobs.
A large chunk of my problem today is that people said "Help me with this" and have decided that favours are not returnable. Which is their choice. I just wish they'd say so straight up, because then I could sort things out my way and get things done. Being left in limbo is far worse than someone not being able to talk to someone else on one's behalf, or not getting round to write something.
And now I'm worried that I've been leaving other people in limbo. I have one more phonecall and then I shall turn to my email and see what else has fallen behind. I've got til 2 pm to sort stuff out, so I might as well sort as much as possible.
It's funny that things like that (not the good wishes, the fact that if my father had been diagnosed at my age, he would have lived) create a kind of logjam. I did the big things, but got behind on the small things. I waited for other people to do things they'd promised, leaving anything that might conflict until I'd heard from them. Except they've done other things and forgotten the promises (or ignored my emails) and I was too busy worrying to realise. This last hour, I've started catching up on the small things and finding a way out of this small mess. Mostly that means littering the world with messages, because everyone was out or in between jobs.
A large chunk of my problem today is that people said "Help me with this" and have decided that favours are not returnable. Which is their choice. I just wish they'd say so straight up, because then I could sort things out my way and get things done. Being left in limbo is far worse than someone not being able to talk to someone else on one's behalf, or not getting round to write something.
And now I'm worried that I've been leaving other people in limbo. I have one more phonecall and then I shall turn to my email and see what else has fallen behind. I've got til 2 pm to sort stuff out, so I might as well sort as much as possible.
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