Deadlines
Last week, one of the people I work for came to me with an idea for a project and was wondering if I wanted to do it. He’d mentioned the project to the group of people I work with before, and I had backed away because I wasn’t all that interested.
But when he approached me privately, I had to admit that the money was good (and definitely needed right now) and that I could do what he wanted. After a bit of poking around to make sure I could do what he wanted properly and quickly, I happily agreed.
It wasn’t until after I started that I realized just how huge the actual project. The part that should have been the easiest was actually the hardest and what was projected as a two to three day project is now on day four of starting in the morning and working late into the night.
All that and a cold as well. Thank goodness for wireless giving me the ability to work from bed.
I’m whining a bit, admittedly, but I have been feeling the pressure of next week’s deadline rather keenly, as I want to do a good job but also want to get everything done on time. I’ve been using the tips and tricks I learned in school to keep from going into panic overdrive, but that doesn’t make me wonder what I was thinking at some points.
When is a time in your life when you had to work to a deadline? Did you make the deadline? How did you feel after making it/not making it? How did you feel after it was done?
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