December hit and my work life felt like a mess
Yeah, December rolled around and man, my job felt scattered. Meetings everywhere, emails exploding, year-end crap piling up. Classic Virgo overthinking kicked in hard. Lists? I made ‘em. Plans? Half-baked. Felt like running in circles chasing deadlines that kept moving. Total mess.
The Virgo wake-up call
Sat down one Tuesday morning with cold coffee already – damn, my desk looked like a paper bomb went off. Grabbed my notebook, the physical one I barely used anymore. Started scratching down everything buzzing in my head. Big projects, tiny tasks, emails I owed people, stupid reports dragging on. Didn’t hold back. Everything got dumped onto paper.
Actually doing the thing: Sorting the chaos
Looked at that scary list. Thought about what absolutely couldn’t wait versus what could honestly chill for a week. Made two new, smaller lists: “This Month Fire” and “Maybe January Won’t Suck As Much”. Brutal honesty here – some stuff just wasn’t December’s problem.
- Tackled the “Fire” list first thing every morning. No email, no messages. Just smashed one task. Usually took 90 minutes max.
- Blocked calendar slots like crazy. Meetings ONLY between 10 AM and 2 PM. Fought back when people tried squeezing stuff into my focus times.
- Cut down email checks to three times a day. Seriously. Closed the tab. Felt weird, almost naked.
Felt the shift (and the weird stares)
After a week of this… things got quieter. Mind calmed down. Felt less like drowning. People noticed? Yeah, got some “you seem chill” comments. Weirdest part? Got more done by doing less frantic stuff. That blocked calendar time? Pure gold for cranking out actual work without constant pings.
The unexpected win: Breathing room
Biggest surprise wasn’t meeting deadlines – it was creating space to actually think. That January list? Looked manageable now. Started jotting down rough ideas for next year’s projects in those quiet blocks. Felt proactive instead of just reactive. Told myself to remember this scramble for next December. Virgo season needed some damn structure thrown at it early.
