Online Reflection #3:Chaos is the New Normal
At the beginning of this year, I was the type of person who strove to be fifteen minutes early to all important meetings; I considered fifteen minutes early to be on time. If it wasn't an important meeting and more of a "social call", I strove to be 3 minutes early so as not to keep anyone waiting, have time to settle in to my surroundings, and small talk a bit with whomever I was meeting. Now, I feel like I am constantly running late (even if by normal standards, I am technically on time), and I feel disorganized, ill-prepared, and/or just overwhelmed by the work that has to be done that day, or the spill-over work that I failed to get done the day(s) before. Do any of my peers feel this way? Does it ever end?? Is it a personal problem ??? According to friends/mentors who have been or are currently in my position or similar situations, this feeling never stops. They say that I must embrace my new normal- embrace the stress, the occasional mes...