KARLA PORTER

You know me, I love what I do and I’m pas­sion­ate about my work.

They call me the Ener­gizer Bunny at the office and I get excited over things like being a cen­sus com­mu­nity part­ner, writ­ing the new pol­icy for new com­mu­ni­ca­tion tools for the employee hand­book, match­ing the unem­ployed or an intern with an oppor­tu­nity or help­ing my team land a prospect. So much to do so lit­tle time.

How do you place lim­its and choose when every­thing is so inter­est­ing, when it’s a smor­gas­bord of tan­ta­liz­ing, tempt­ing, deli­cious expe­ri­ences wait­ing to hap­pen — when you want it all?

High tol­er­ance for stress, fire alarms, change, high octane stuff and all on min­i­mal amounts of sleep. It seems to be the only way to fit it all in. But today, for the first time I can remem­ber, I felt like I over did it. Like I over­dosed on a day filled with way too much activ­ity, men­tal and phys­i­cal, to the point of exhaus­tion. Is it still a full moon? Have you ever had a day like this? How do you re-energize?