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I want to record my week so far for myself



Like a time capsule



So that in months to come I can flick back and read what it was like.



The new site went live today.... the deep pressure I have been under all came to a head this mornig as I held my breath as we flicked the switch... and watched things go wrong.



All in all, it wasn't too bad. Though forever the optimist, I had every threat imaginable taken into account. Bar myself, but I'll go into that shortly.



To my relief, though the pressure was intense, and the team was all on edge and paniking... some how, it will pulled together with only a few errors.



Discussions with IT was interesting... them beating themselves up about thinks there where tested that failed in the live enviroment, and me being reasonably happy with final result.



I had many lovely words of praise today. But I was disappointed by some co-workers lack of assistance in getting the project over the line.



This is my largest project to date, spanning 18 months in total. The last 4 months I have been under the deepest stress of my life. Working 12 hours a day, 6 days a week and finishing university was nothing compared to this.



So... what is the lesson here for me in all this?



I haven't yet divulged it.... it was lack of forsight on my part.



When I weighed up all the threats to delivery... I missed the key elimant... myself.... too much pressure, no leave... left a very drained Moreish... and prone to sickness... and it struck. 2 days prior to launch I as down for the count.



Note to myself - I am more important than my job, my porjects, my team, my family, becasue with out me, things would have failed. Therefore I need to take better care of myself in order to achieve and suceed.



Note to everyone else - this is not - the world centers around me - kind of speech, it was simply, I work too hard to and forget about myself that it would have failed with many more problems, and the only person to blame would have been me.



And with this... it's off to bed for tomorrow we need to review everything from today, and start on Phase 2.. may the goddess please help me!