Message #69056

[spitfire78]

Well, I finished a long response to this a while ago, only to be bumped out when I hit "continue"!  I'll try again.

For 25 years I worked in a fast-paced, hectic department.  When I moved over to this department a couple of years ago, my supervisor spoke to me twice in the first few months about slowing down and not working so fast!  It was second nature for me to rush from one task to the next, and it took a while to change.  She told me that our job is to keep the work flowing and moving, but there is no need to work at warp speed.  I like a nice steady pace and have settled into the pace of this office quite well.  I still accomplish things expediently (don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today!), but without the frantic rush that I had before.

That said, we do have certain times of the year when it is INSANE, and I am working at warp speed and still not getting it all done.  The worst time is rapidly approaching - the dreaded change of the fiscal year.

As far as filing, everything is filed immediately with the exception of packing slips from deliveries.  If I stopped and filed them as soon as I get them, I'd never get anything else done!  Other than that, I am a stickler for filing things immediately.