I miss a few things about my old life…
Is it Stockholm syndrome? Is it restlessness? Who knows… but I miss a few things about my old life…
A year of rest and relaxation and I suddenly miss certain things about office life. I always loved the internal bit over the external facing things and as someone who can be quite frantic productive, I miss the structure. Does anyone else miss…
- School runs where I’m dressed to the nines and playing jungle at 8am
- Going to my coffee shop, getting a good cortado and having a little exchange about the weather with the barista
- Lime bikes in the sun listening to jazz.
- A Monday morning 9.30am stand up getting me ready for the week!
- A team
- A system
- A structure
- A method
- Delivering a rousing speech to rally the troops
- The magic of seeing an idea come to life with technology
- OKRs & Planning Days
- Knowing how to manage the grumpy people in my team and feeling smug when I’m successful at it.
- The elegant feeling of being a conductor and the symphony is team and the music is the product launch on time and on budget.
- Friday All Hands where we review the week.
- Weekly Guide To Working with Me from a new team member and realising they’re a great fit.
- Generally just working alongside talented and motivated people who put their egos aside for the mission.
- Going to yoga and sauna and ice plunge on a Saturday morning to simply recover from the week and exhausting myself til I actually rested.
How do I bring back these elements in a healthy way? Do you miss your old life?
I miss coming to work like an absolute snack.
I miss the best boardroom ever
I miss Roman entertaining himself in the holidays.
I miss powering through a big To-Do list.
I miss just having space to host ideas and people.
