Monkeys and Circuses continued

Hello again, my dear readers; how are you doing with your monkeys and your circus?  I have been able to let go of a couple of monkeys that aren't mine to take care of but I've still got some others that I'm hanging onto that I need to release.  I know that I need to learn to do a better job at not collecting monkeys from people because it seems easier at the time to do so and then regret that decision later.  Yes, I could always turn the monkey back to the respective owner but I then feel guilty after the fact and I have a tendency to just learn to deal with hanging onto them.  It's all a work in progress...

Another area that's been a work in progress is the circus that is my life.  I am still working on getting the generators up and running 100%, the popcorn popped, the cotton candy spun and make sure everyone is where they're supposed to be.  Maybe part of the problem is my circus is too large - acts stretched between too many tents, the acrobats have to be lion tamers too, the clowns also walk the tightrope, and the animals all have to learn how to juggle.  I need to learn how to downsize the circus and allow the performers to do the stunts they are comfortable with -- this will make my job as ringmaster immensely easier.

The ringmaster of a circus doesn't have to be personally involved in every act or take the place of their performers.  I feel as if I have had to be ready at any given moment to jump into the performance and announce and keep everyone happy and ready to go on at any time.  It's exhausting...  I guess I just need to get better at managing the circus instead of micromanaging as I unfortunately have a tendency to gravitate towards.

Actually a situation arose at work this week where I chose not to micromanage and one of the staff members came to me and asked me while I was ignoring the situation.  My response was that I was waiting to see how the situation progressed since everyone involved knew their rolls/responsibilities. That didn't seem to sit well with the person who approached me but I actually felt relieved to not have to be involved.  Did the people involved complete the task how I would?  No; but the task got accomplished and that's what was most important.  Or at least that should've been what was most important.

This upcoming week at work is (thankfully) going to be a short week - we get tomorrow off of work. Knowing that I have to squeeze five days of work into four usually stresses me out but I'm going to not let it get to me this week.  I know what things have to get done and I will work on creating a list of things that can wait until the following week if I don't get to them; and then call it good.  I know that this may be a struggle for me but it's definitely something that I need to get a handle on.

Well, my dear readers, it is probably that time again that I need to bring this to a close for this evening.  I hope that you have a wonderful week where you are able to take charge of the circus in your own life and only take care of monkeys that belong to you.  =)