Feeling overwhelmed

3rd Floor is my favourite in the office

I'm kind of having one of those days where I'm feeling really overwhelmed by my workload. The amount of emails and requests that come in daily, as well as my team asking me to do immediate tasks that are more urgent push my background tasks that I was given more time for... Further to the back. Then when it comes down to it I can be furiously trying to finish it in a day. I guess I feel slightly frustrated when I can't keep myself in order, I try to have 'to do' lists and post-it notes but these multiply so quickly that the purpose of them standing out and being clear to me disappears. I have big projects that I could literally spend days on only having my divided attention, because I have all these deadlines that people rely on me to meet. I feel restless and ready to topple over when I watch emails flood in with new requests, all very different to one another so I'm scrambling to get those finished and out the door in order to concentrate on the important tasks.. But it never ends. Factor in my meetings, daily tasks and last minute things I need to attend.. I feel like there aren't enough hours in a day, or I don't have enough arms and heads to accommodate everything.

Some days I feel this way. But truthfully .. I like it? How weird right haha. On my productive days I feel great, and probably the reason I'm overwhelmed right now is because my Mondays and Tuesdays are so busy that I feel like I have no time to breathe. But on Wednesday I can usually concentrate and knuckle down on my own tasks and not as much for others (although those requests will of course flood in as usual). I think I just need to find some way of organising that's better than my current system. I'm not sure what that is since I prefer something visual and written in front of me. Work faster? Put things into priority order instead of rushing to finish something asap for someone who only just requested? Maybe. 

I'll get used to it I think, I'm about a month and a week into this new department, and my colleagues are really great. I've settled in very quickly thanks to having previous experience and the people being very nice here. I have people to help me and whenever I feel a bit frazzled I can just turn and chat with my colleagues to give myself a mini-break. I'm excited about some of the projects I'm working on, and can't wait to see the final result on shelf. I'm working diligently on Noddy right now and I can't wait to see this product that I created.. Out there in retail. I'm learning tons, even through the stress! It motivates me to be more productive tomorrow. I feel like a different person to the one 7 months ago, and it's amazing to look back and realise all these things I've learned. I even know how to do things that many in this department have never had to do, so I end up helping them in return. Added to the things I'm learning here, I feel proud of myself ^^ I can only imagine how much more is ahead for me in the next 5 months. 

Saying that though.. Bring on Japan! Can't wait for the break!! SLEEP EAT PLAY (I totally deserve it hehe)