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scho63 · 05-14-2014, 07:55 PM

It could be easy to complain that I am so busy at work and in life but seeing how so many people are struggling and the economy still sucks in many parts of the US I will refrain.

However, for only one of the few times in my life I feel like I am chasing my tail and stressed out as to how busy both our company and I am trying to keep up with all the work. Paychecks are skyrocketing and many things in life are going great yet I feel lost as I can only tread water to keep up while working. Being a top sales person can do that to you.

I am an extremely organized and hard working individual and to feel so lost and out of control is not easy or comfortable for me.

So tell me, how do you handle being hit with a tidal wave of work that doesn't seem to have an end in sight and yet keep chipping away to reduce your to-do list to a manageable level? I thought after 30 years of this I was an old pro but I am not so sure anymore......

**BigRedChief** · 04-08-2015, 08:58 PM

I was working as a Respiratory Therapist full time. Mainly ER and ICU from 6am-6pm. Dealing with life and death every single shift. I'd get off work and go to I.T. classes till 10:00 pm. Go home and study until 2:00 am. Get up at 5:00 am and do it all over again. That went on for 2 ****ing years.

**DaneMcCloud** · 04-08-2015, 10:31 PM

Right now. My previous life was cake.

I wake up at 7:45, feed my Labs, make breakfast, then school lunches for two kids (2 and 7), see that they're dressed and ready to go by 8:30, then load them up in the car for the wife to drop them off M, T, W & F. I take the girls every Thursday due to Admin days at their respective schools.

I then come home, read emails and assignments, make meetings and start composing music. Since February, I've been able to break at 3:30 to hit Lake Hollywood, either power walking or biking, hop in the car, pick up the kids and head home to make dinner (if I forget to pack a bottle for the 2 year old, all hell breaks loose on the car ride home). The 7 year old has an hour of homework each night (1st grade!) and 20 minutes of reading. Get the kids bathed and showered and down to bed by 8:30 or so, then head back to the studio to write more music.

On the weekends, it's play dates and birthday parties every weekend. I have to fit in the 5 hour Costco/Target/Ralphs weekly run, which includes hauling everything up 30 stairs to our main floor.

I also take care of our finances daily, along with creating and balancing each monthly budget, taking the kids to and from the doctor (along with ditching days when they're sick), taking the dogs for walks and for checkups (one of my girls gets frequent ear infections) along with balancing FaceTime with family, phone calls and so on.

I'm lucky to get 7 hours of sleep each night and it's usually 6.5. I'll occasionally get to sleep in on the weekends, if there isn't something scheduled early, so I've got that going for me.

Oh, and I post here when I need a second to clear my mind, which believe it or not, is really helpful.

eDave · 04-08-2015, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Right now. My previous life was cake.

I wake up at 7:45, feed my Labs, make breakfast, then school lunches for two kids (2 and 7), see that they're dressed and ready to go by 8:30, then load them up in the car for the wife to drop them off M, T, W & F. I take the girls every Thursday due to Admin days at their respective schools.

I then come home, read emails and assignments, make meetings and start composing music. Since February, I've been able to break at 3:30 to hit Lake Hollywood, either power walking or biking, hop in the car, pick up the kids and head home to make dinner (if I forget to pack a bottle for the 2 year old, all hell breaks loose on the car ride home). The 7 year old has an hour of homework each night (1st grade!) and 20 minutes of reading. Get the kids bathed and showered and down to bed by 8:30 or so, then head back to the studio to write more music.

On the weekends, it's play dates and birthday parties every weekend. I have to fit in the 5 hour Costco/Target/Ralphs weekly run, which includes hauling everything up 30 stairs to our main floor.

I also take care of our finances daily, along with creating and balancing each monthly budget, taking the kids to and from the doctor (along with ditching days when they're sick), taking the dogs for walks and for checkups (one of my girls gets frequent ear infections) along with balancing FaceTime with family, phone calls and so on.

I'm lucky to get 7 hours of sleep each night and it's usually 6.5. I'll occasionally get to sleep in on the weekends, if there isn't something scheduled early, so I've got that going for me.

Oh, and I post here when I need a second to clear my mind, which believe it or not, is really helpful.

I've had an easy life apparently.

**DaneMcCloud** · 04-08-2015, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

I've had an easy life apparently.

I have no complaints but I am very busy. I received an assignment this morning to write at least 12 tracks by next Thursday for a show called "Living With The Enemy", a BBC production, which is popular in the UK and Australia.

It would be much worse if no one asked me for music.

eDave · 04-08-2015, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I have no complaints but I am very busy. I received an assignment this morning to write at least 12 tracks by next Thursday for a show called "Living With The Enemy", a BBC production, which is popular in the UK and Australia.

It would be much worse if no one asked me for music.

Did you already visit Phoenix (Scottsdale)? Was hoping to meet you.

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**DaneMcCloud** · 04-08-2015, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by eDave

Did you already visit Phoenix (Scottsdale)? Was hoping to meet you.

Oh man, I'm sorry. Yeah, last week. I spent five days in the pool with my daughters playing while my wife drank Bloody Mary's and Miami Vice's poolside. It was a phenomenal week.

Hopefully, there will be another time. I didn't even get to hit up the Royals in Surprise but it was a blast, nonetheless.

King_Chief_Fan · 04-09-2015, 07:21 AM

Busiest I have ever been is now.
I retired

displacedinMN · 04-09-2015, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Buehler445

You are literally the only person I've ever heard say they were happy a 16 year old girl is on the road. Like Ever..

It has made life so much easier. I don't have to take her anywhere. I don't have to sit at the dance studio for 3 hours. I don't have to take her to her friends house. I don't have to drive her to work. It has saved me 4-6 hours a week.

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If you don't want it, I'll take it. I'm here for you broseph.

The government is a blood sucking crook that robs from the working and gives to the non working. How come I have to pay taxes on income that has already had takes paid on it. How is that fair?

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**Buehler445** · 04-09-2015, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by displacedinMN

It has made life so much easier. I don't have to take her anywhere. I don't have to sit at the dance studio for 3 hours. I don't have to take her to her friends house. I don't have to drive her to work. It has saved me 4-6 hours a week.

The government is a blood sucking crook that robs from the working and gives to the non working. How come I have to pay taxes on income that has already had takes paid on it. How is that fair?

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The only argument I've ever heard for it is they're dead. Thu don't care. Bull****ingshit. IRS can DIAF as far as I'm
Concerned.

scho63 · 04-28-2015, 02:31 PM

Well all that hard work during my 54 straight days has paid off! I set the new monthly sales record this month and still have two days left. I also have the highest two month consecutive total as well. Additionally I've collected a ton of payments from past jobs all at once and my May 15th paycheck is going to be HUGE!

Party time!

...

Hog's Gone Fishin · 04-28-2015, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by scho63

Well all that hard work during my 54 straight days has paid off! I set the new monthly sales record this month and still have two days left. I also have the highest two month consecutive total as well. Additionally I've collected a ton of payments from past jobs all at once and my May 15th paycheck is going to be HUGE!

Party time!

...

Bet you grew up in Coffeyville

The Poz · 04-28-2015, 03:16 PM

When I worked on season 3 of Game of Thrones. I was putting in around 80 hrs a week, teaching a course to 3rd year film students and trying to see my 1 year old as much as possible by going home for dinner then rushing back to work every night. This went on for about 4 months. Pretty sure it took a couple years off my life.

05-14-2014, 07:55 PM
scho63 Politically Incorrect Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Casino cash: $2801110	Busiest you have ever been in life It could be easy to complain that I am so busy at work and in life but seeing how so many people are struggling and the economy still sucks in many parts of the US I will refrain. However, for only one of the few times in my life I feel like I am chasing my tail and stressed out as to how busy both our company and I am trying to keep up with all the work. Paychecks are skyrocketing and many things in life are going great yet I feel lost as I can only tread water to keep up while working. Being a top sales person can do that to you. I am an extremely organized and hard working individual and to feel so lost and out of control is not easy or comfortable for me. So tell me, how do you handle being hit with a tidal wave of work that doesn't seem to have an end in sight and yet keep chipping away to reduce your to-do list to a manageable level? I thought after 30 years of this I was an old pro but I am not so sure anymore......
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04-08-2015, 08:58 PM	#91
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $3169627 VARSITY	I was working as a Respiratory Therapist full time. Mainly ER and ICU from 6am-6pm. Dealing with life and death every single shift. I'd get off work and go to I.T. classes till 10:00 pm. Go home and study until 2:00 am. Get up at 5:00 am and do it all over again. That went on for 2 ****ing years. __________________ Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. -YODA
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04-08-2015, 10:31 PM	#92
DaneMcCloud Supporter Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Hollywood, CA Casino cash: $10053648	Right now. My previous life was cake. I wake up at 7:45, feed my Labs, make breakfast, then school lunches for two kids (2 and 7), see that they're dressed and ready to go by 8:30, then load them up in the car for the wife to drop them off M, T, W & F. I take the girls every Thursday due to Admin days at their respective schools. I then come home, read emails and assignments, make meetings and start composing music. Since February, I've been able to break at 3:30 to hit Lake Hollywood, either power walking or biking, hop in the car, pick up the kids and head home to make dinner (if I forget to pack a bottle for the 2 year old, all hell breaks loose on the car ride home). The 7 year old has an hour of homework each night (1st grade!) and 20 minutes of reading. Get the kids bathed and showered and down to bed by 8:30 or so, then head back to the studio to write more music. On the weekends, it's play dates and birthday parties every weekend. I have to fit in the 5 hour Costco/Target/Ralphs weekly run, which includes hauling everything up 30 stairs to our main floor. I also take care of our finances daily, along with creating and balancing each monthly budget, taking the kids to and from the doctor (along with ditching days when they're sick), taking the dogs for walks and for checkups (one of my girls gets frequent ear infections) along with balancing FaceTime with family, phone calls and so on. I'm lucky to get 7 hours of sleep each night and it's usually 6.5. I'll occasionally get to sleep in on the weekends, if there isn't something scheduled early, so I've got that going for me. Oh, and I post here when I need a second to clear my mind, which believe it or not, is really helpful.
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04-09-2015, 07:21 AM	#97
King_Chief_Fan Praise Him Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: none ya Casino cash: $5915486	Busiest I have ever been is now. I retired __________________ No Jesus No Peace Know Jesus Know Peace Ephesians 2:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
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04-28-2015, 02:31 PM	#100
scho63 Politically Incorrect Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Casino cash: $2801110	Well all that hard work during my 54 straight days has paid off! I set the new monthly sales record this month and still have two days left. I also have the highest two month consecutive total as well. Additionally I've collected a ton of payments from past jobs all at once and my May 15th paycheck is going to be HUGE! *Party time!* .................. __________________ *"The only difference between sex for free and sex for money is that sex for free costs you a WHOLE LOT more!"* ~Redd Foxx~ ~~2018 2019 2020 20212022 2023~~ 2024 Adopt a Chief - Clark Hunt and Brett Veach "The men who drafted Patrick Mahomes"
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04-28-2015, 03:16 PM	#102
The Poz Enjoyer of things Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Casino cash: $10012210	When I worked on season 3 of Game of Thrones. I was putting in around 80 hrs a week, teaching a course to 3rd year film students and trying to see my 1 year old as much as possible by going home for dinner then rushing back to work every night. This went on for about 4 months. Pretty sure it took a couple years off my life.
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