Problem solving, not falling apart, putting in the hours…
Man, there are days I sure wish we could just throw up our hands and declare we just can’t do it and it’s somebody else’s problem to fix.
Or maybe we could just have a reality tv scale full blown drama meltdown.
Or maybe just cry.
The problem is-the buck stops here, so to speak.
We don’t have anyone to look to for help, or to bail us out.
It’s sink or swim, always.
There’s times when I feel full on panic setting in-my throat constricts, I get shaky, my brain is starting to go into full blown “Holy shit I’m fucked everything’s fucked I’m about to lose this job, loose this customer, loose everything I own the fucking sky is falling-ahhhhhhhh!!!!” Mode.
And somewhere in that panic and chaos is a tiny thread of calm and sanity and reasoning that tells me to settle down, dig in, and solve the problem and get shit done, and that I’ve been here a thousand times and always made it happen and I can make it happen this time too. And that there really is no other option anyway, because failure is not an option, so calm down and do your thing.
Man, there are days I sure wish we could just throw up our hands and declare we just can’t do it and it’s somebody else’s problem to fix.
Or maybe we could just have a reality tv scale full blown drama meltdown.
Or maybe just cry.
The problem is-the buck stops here, so to speak.
We don’t have anyone to look to for help, or to bail us out.
It’s sink or swim, always.
There’s times when I feel full on panic setting in-my throat constricts, I get shaky, my brain is starting to go into full blown “Holy shit I’m fucked everything’s fucked I’m about to lose this job, loose this customer, loose everything I own the fucking sky is falling-ahhhhhhhh!!!!” Mode.
And somewhere in that panic and chaos is a tiny thread of calm and sanity and reasoning that tells me to settle down, dig in, and solve the problem and get shit done, and that I’ve been here a thousand times and always made it happen and I can make it happen this time too. And that there really is no other option anyway, because failure is not an option, so calm down and do your thing.
It’s surprising what you can overcome when it’s your ass on the line. 😄😄🤷♂️
Perhaps the only thing I fear more than the cost of mistakes and problems and issues is failure-that’s a pretty strong motivation.
At the end of the day what probably pulls us through and allows us to just soldier on is we’re just too stubborn and maybe too stupid to admit defeat.
And lastly, on the rare occasion that one of us does start to break down and loose our shit, invariably, the other steps up to the plate and becomes the calm voice of reason and the rock for the other to anchor to. ❤️
Originally posted on: October 15, 2025 at 4:53 pm