The Gauntlet

Have you ever been working only to realize how much more work you really have to do? It certainly happened to me today, and of course, my first reaction was to let my stress levels go through the roof. However, after thinking about it, that’s not the best way to tackle this problem. The gauntlet has been thrown, and now, it’s time for me to rise to the occasion and kick some serious butt (like Yoda in Star Wars: Episode II). That’s right… I’m gonna go postal on this work’s ass with my magnum locked loaded and ready to fire! Ummm… I think that came out wrong, and I guess postal isn’t the best word to use these days. Afterall, I didn’t mean to raise the Homeland Security Threat Level to Severe. I don’t actually plan on going postal on in the true pop-culture sense of the word! My bad.

In any case, I need to get all this work done, and I believe the key accomplishing my goal will be focus. This most certainly means that I’ll need to isolate myself from the rest of the world and forget that anything exists outside of work. At this point, I’m sure there’s a psychiatrist who’s fearing the worst after my previous comments about “going postal” and my latest comment about extreme isolation. They need not worry… that is if they don’t live anywhere near the Raleigh-Durham area.

Haha, just kidding. Now that I’ve released a little bit of tension, I believe it really is time to get to whipping that work into line. I feel refreshed with a new sense of focus, and now it’s time to go meet my new mistress named work.