Well, the week was far from balanced, but I did finally escape the office after working a mere 51.5 hours (only 1.5 hrs more than my goal). I had to fight for it, especially today. After a frazzling week, I could hardly face going in this morning. But I had an 11:00 meeting scheduled and prep to do for it. My plan was to leave directly after that meeting. Instead it got bumped to 12:00, and as we were meeting, E said he'd have me in his 1:00 meeting to go over some more stuff there. I was very clear- "I'm leaving early." So he said we'd talk my piece at the beginning. Then he got a text asking to move the 1 pm meeting till 2 pm. I looked him in the eye and said firmly, "I won't be here." So he canceled the meeting altogether. And I left the office at 2 pm. Whew.
Maybe next week we'll try for 48 hours ...
And for the count: NO11 Success!!
3 comments:
YAY! Great job saying no!
NICE!!! Maybe if you knock back a couple hours a week, they'll get used to it...although you might have to use that 'look them in the eye' technique a couple times a week.
I am super proud of you, Maureen! Keep up the good resistance! "I really wish I wanted to do that!"
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