The 4 am birds and my frozen back
When you're a Type A, sometimes you don't sleep. Something happens at work and you lie awake thinking about the impact and trying to solve problem and deal with the many fire-drills that problem created. This is not a time-management or a leadership blog, so I'll skip the parts about how to handle these types of problems with efficiency and leadership (i.e., NOT throw the person who screwed up your initiative under the bus). This is about how, at 4 am, this screw-up has robbed me of sleep because of who I am and how I'm wired. Did I mention that my lower back has also seized up, and if I move the wrong way I'm in excruciating pain? When I mentioned this to my significant other, I said, "you know, I don't get it. I do yoga, I work out, I stretch & take hot showers...how come this keeps happening to me?" He responded (kindly), "Because you and stress." I give up. About six months ago I left a miserable, highly-stressful job and landed...