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Lack of productivity at work

butterflyjumper1butterflyjumper1
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I know some of you ladies (mbody mekiakoo etc.) are on summer break, you lucky ducks, but lots of us are stuck working up until right before the wedding!!

Is anyone else super distracted/unproductive?? Wedding planning combined with all the stuff I have to schedule/do for our new house is literally taking over my life and I have been SO unproductive at work.

Luckily I have an amazing, amazing boss, who basically told me to let him know if anything was stressing me out so he could assign some of my work to other people if I needed him to - I think he pretty much is expecting me to be a lazy sloth at work until after my honeymoon!!  

Anyone else have great bosses? or bosses who aren't understanding of the turmoils of wedding planning??
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  • arunkumararunkumar
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    There have been a couple days this week where I have been totally unproductive. Today I've been busy, but I did spend awhile this morning sending wedding related e-mails.

    This is horrible to say, but I've done so much wedding planning while at work. I'm glad my work schedule is flexible enough to allow this. And I can use the printers at work to print out all sorts of wedding relating things, which saves me money!

    My boss just asked when I was coming back from my honeymoon because I have to go back into productive mode as soon as I get back! He's really understanding, but the summer is our busiest time of year because of our annual audit. Plus I'll be getting a new co-worker by the end of the month, and I'll probably get stuck with training them.  I'm glad most of the planning is done at this point.

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  • MeaganR12MeaganR12
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    I'm actually the opposite right now. I feel like I'm falling behind on wedding stuff and knoting because I'm SO focused on work. The company I work for does 95% of their work for the government and the federal year end is coming up so this is always our busiest time. My boss is not as understanding as yours unfortunately :(
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  • bells24412bells24412
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    My firm could care less so I am trying to get all my stuff done before the wedding and before I go on vacation. Unfortunately, I am not motivated to do any work! ugh.
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  • rachael7183rachael7183 member
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    Ummm  yea, I am really trying to get as much done as I can so that when I leave for 10 full work days it wont be so bad...but I am doing alot of WR stuff while at work..., i.e. "knotting"...but also calling my vendors; going over delivery times; in constant contact with my venue/caterer. I definitely sense that people realize I am not "fully here" but what do they expect?

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  • kmdeck26kmdeck26 member
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    Oh gosh, I am definitely distracted today. Although I will admit, I have a great boss!

    I keep thinking of all the things I have left to do...I have more than I thought I had to do! And we just moved our move-in date to the new apartment to July 1st from July 14th... So I'm excited but curious as to see how that's going to play out!

    All the wedding things on my mind that I still have to do...

    -Choose the songs for the DJ
    -Go over the reception timeline with the DJ
    -Choose the ceremony songs
    -Figure out when everyone goes down the aisle
    -Give a photography list to the photographer
    -Figure out when he is coming (I just realized that I need him to come earlier than I had planned...that equals more money...)
    -Make favors
    -Make the ribbon wands for our exit
    -Make the garters
    -Make the guest book
    -Call all the guests who haven't RSVPed
    -Figure out a day-of schedule
    -assign jobs to people for the day-of (i don't have a coordinator, so I need to know who will meet the venders, who will take care of the gifts, who will set out the favors, etc.)
    -Decide who will give a speech and when
    -Pick a day for the bridesmaid luncheon
    -Get our cakecutter
    -Decide on our seating plan
    -Confirm our transportation for our exit


    Wow. I feel at least a little better after writing it all down lol
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  • k8888k8888
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    My current job is a joke and my immediate supervisors are morons and since I only have 4 weeks left of working here, it's pretty obvious I'm almost mentally checked-out.

    I pretty much just babysit the phones at this point.  It takes me about an hour to get an entire day's worth of stuff done.

    It sucks because I don't have much wedding-related stuff left to do that I can get done here at work.  Wah.
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  • Corybabe01Corybabe01 member
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    My boss is my best friend. She's like my 2nd mother (I actually go to her more then my own mother for wedding input), her and I are attached at the hip at work. We both vent to eachother when there's crap that we have to clear our mind about. Thankfully, she understands all this wedding planning and lets me do as I please. If I have to leave early or come in late, she's there to cover or she's looking for someone else to cover.

    The only downside, when a co-worker has to complain about something they don't like -They come to me and expect me to tell the boss.
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  • lvisserslvissers
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    OMG, I am so there! I am so distracted at work lately with wedding stuff running through my head, I seriously get nothing done. I hope I don't get fired! AND I have 5 weeks left before the wedding!
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  • mekiakoomekiakoo member
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    Argh! You ladies are so strong!! I know I'm on a summer break BUT I feel like I've been running around nonstop since school let out. I haven't had the chance to sit down and chill.

    Take it easy, ladies please. Be sure to stay healthy! I can only imagine it'll become more stressful as the time comes closer unless you have an awesome boss!
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  • Amanda1443994Amanda1443994 member
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    omg I've been so unproductive lately with everything--work and wedding related! It doesn't help that I'm also taking a summer class because I want to finish my MBA next spring. The summer class ends the second week of July (so I'm about half way done now) and I just have no motivation left. I just want to move into our house, have my wedding and go on the HM so I can relax.
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_lack-of-productivity-at-work?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:19b7145c-1439-4b56-a782-e4a591638f94Post:7a41c630-82f3-4652-a8d8-76352c5e59e0">Re: Lack of productivity at work</a>:
    [QUOTE]OMG, I am so there! I am so distracted at work lately with wedding stuff running through my head, I seriously get nothing done. I hope I don't get fired! AND I have 5 weeks left before the wedding!
    Posted by lvissers[/QUOTE]

    Lol I am the same way!!  I pretty much just do enough work to make it look like I am working.  I am however trying to leave with a clean desk.  I only have 4 weeks left of work and 2 of them are short weeks.  I don't want to leave anything hanging for 3 weeks while I am off.
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  • mbodymbody
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    Call me crazy, but I sorta kiiiinnda, a teeny tiny bit, miss work- that was my knottie time! I've been pretty busy/running around a lot that I haven't gotten on here a lot. And when I do, it's in the evening and all the threads seem kinda dead. Blah. Miss you guys!
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  • Nati05Nati05 member
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    In Response to Re:Lack of productivity at work:[QUOTE]I'm actually the opposite right now. I feel like I'm falling behind on wedding stuff and knoting because I'm SO focused on work. The company I work for does 95 of their work for the government and the federal year end is coming up so this is always our busiest time. My boss is not as understanding as yours unfortunately : Posted by MeaganR12[/QUOTE]

    Is what where you've been? Sorry your boss is no fun :
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  • MeaganR12MeaganR12
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    Yeah Nati I feel like I've had zero time lately, it sucks, my work load only gets worse as the summer goes on. And my grandpa is having a hip replacement tomorrow which means that all my free time will be going towards helping my grandma with him and my cousin who they have custody of. Blah.

    I feel like you've been gone also though!
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  • BmoreBride311BmoreBride311 member
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    Thank you Butterfly for starting this thread!! I am the exact same way right now and it really helps to know that so many of you are just as bad as I am Smile
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_lack-of-productivity-at-work?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:19b7145c-1439-4b56-a782-e4a591638f94Post:b15f5094-ac9d-48fc-9e33-cb13a677a6aa">Re: Lack of productivity at work</a>:
    [QUOTE]Yeah Nati I feel like I've had zero time lately, it sucks, my work load only gets worse as the summer goes on. And my grandpa is having a hip replacement tomorrow which means that all my free time will be going towards helping my grandma with him and my cousin who they have custody of. Blah. I feel like you've been gone also though!
    Posted by MeaganR12[/QUOTE]

    Ugh that sucks! I'm sorry! When does the federal year end? Hopefully sometime before the 21st?? FWIW that's very sweet of you to help your grandparents out while you're so incredibly busy. How is your little cousin doing btw?
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  • michelle11988michelle11988 member
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    My productivity at work has been sucking lately.  My boss is totally exhausted and burnt out as well.  Thankfully its just the two of us so we end up goofing off half the time from our real work and house shop for our clients that haven't decided if they want to move or not.  I only have next week left with him in the office, then it is just me in the office until the wedding!!! Except the week of the 4th, we're closed so yay!

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  • MeaganR12MeaganR12
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_july-2012-weddings_lack-of-productivity-at-work?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Club%20BoardsForum:066005ef-215f-48b1-8655-328b41e07c52Discussion:19b7145c-1439-4b56-a782-e4a591638f94Post:d6e89200-411e-4e10-84bb-5ba5d18c2ad4">Re: Lack of productivity at work</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Lack of productivity at work : Ugh that sucks! I'm sorry! When does the federal year end? Hopefully sometime before the 21st?? FWIW that's very sweet of you to help your grandparents out while you're so incredibly busy. How is your little cousin doing btw?
    Posted by Nati05[/QUOTE]

    <div>It's actually the end of September, so I'll be loaded with work up until July 17th when my vacation starts. But I'll deal. One of my deadlines is actually this Tuesday and then it should calm down a bit before it picks up again. </div><div>
    </div><div>She's doing good, thanks for asking :) </div>
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