Forgot to charge my phone before I slept and so I woke up with the thing quite dead. Charged it immediately and when I turned it on the first message I got is from my uber caring boss J.
He asked how am I doing after my mastectomy as it has been three days since the procedure. He also reminded me of his number one directive before I took my medical leave... "Are you able to disconnect?" He wants me to focus on myself and in getting better and there is no other way he says but for me to disconnect from work, thus his kinda weird question.
See I have this fomo (fear of missing out) and it has fueled me all my working life to be always on top of things. It has worked to my advantage but yeah not so much to others nor to my team. I bet they're relieved of not receiving so many emails, lync calls or chats from me. Hehe.
As I've been on leave from work for a week and I am so damn bored. I organized my home office yesterday and threw away a lot of stuff. And in between rests ... (you guessed it right!) I checked my email to know what's going on in the workspace! 😉
But no and yes I was able to restrain myself! Just sent some requests to HR for my medical expense reimbursements, leave pay, etc. Other than that I was careful not to join the conversations. It took some effort but am getting there (believe me!).
Ironically today in order for me to "disconnect" I did a lot of connecting. Don't shake your head in dismay yet... With the help of my daughter Alia we completed a connect 1000 dots artwork of Alfred Hitchcock's portrait. Loved the outcome! (see finished product below).
One portrait down 19 to go. Cool.
