Motivation at work...

hayhay2501

Is anyone else really struggling to stay motivated at work as they get further along? I've always been very driven and career focused but it seems the closer I edge to the third trimester the less I can will myself to care! But I sort of have to for just over three months.

Baby stuff is taking over my mind!

therealfrizzle

My life right now! LOL no motivation at all, but my job pretty much is doing all the BS work others don't want to do.

LastMango

I'm right there with you. Happened my last pregnancy, too. The further along I get, the less fucks I give. 

hjmorgan-2

YES! Especially since it's a desk job and sitting is getting so uncomfortable.... Plus fighting the urge to google baby stuff is insanely hard (I say this as I'm typing at my work computer right now...)

AshleySparkle720

I definitely sit here! I've had the "what's the worst they'll do? Fire me?" Mindset for the last week haha not good.

christac1010

YES! Work has been absolutely crazy, but any downtime is spent on the boards, reading articles, or checking my registries. I also have to stop to pee every half hour - or get more water - or get snacks - or walk. It's awful. I'm totally being the stereotypical awful, pregnant employee. I love my job but I don't even care!

susykat77

YEEESSSSS!! It is so hard to focus! I sit at a desk most of the day and the Bump and google are too tempting. I actually prefer when I have a busy day and don't have time to goof off but usually I have plenty of extra time. (as I sit at my work desk !)

MaryNog

Yup! I'm tired, sitting down hurts, just want to nap...is there such a thing as 16-week prenatal leave??

hayhay2501

Ah ha I'm so glad I'm not alone  . @susykat77 same! A day filled with meetings is so much easier to get through. There are so many things at my desk I could do... But....

And @LastMango I'm heading down that route. Can't wait to see what I'm like in Mid December as Christmas approaches!

emy730

Uh yeahhhh I've been here for awhile. The only upside is that I'm usually on a shoot at least once a week, and that goes by quickly.

When I have to be at my desk designing, it's harder and harder to focus every day.

sherrera92

Zero motivation. 100% annoyance. With the teens we call being moody being a "salty spatoon" (too much SpongeBob lol) and I am certainly more of one. Right now, I've taken way longer than needed to finish these med reviews, why can't I just write they rock/they suck this week?!

Knottie25816533

Feeling the same! Work at a hospital and am on my feet lots of the day.  Just upgraded to a new computer system so that has been very stressful. Crabby me,  Crabby coworkers, Crabby patients. Actually been thinking of asking OB to take me off work due to do much stress. Already take anxiety meds and i feel more anxious and exhausted. Had anyone else's Dr taken them out early? I've already discussed quiting with my husband since I plan to be a SAHM or work somewhere part time after delivery but really don't want to burn bridges so dr releasing me would be ideal. 

newyearsbaby5

Yep, zero effs over here. My original plan was to hit all of my goals before leave so I could give zero effs when I got back to work and was making the transition with a baby. Need to reevaluate that plan cause googling is fun and excuses to not work are aplenty.

LBLQ84

I've been going crazy with my Amazon prime account. While at work. And getting everything shipped to work!

canavara

For some reason giving less fucks has actually worked in my favor, oddly. I'm a senior engineer and normally I'm a total control freak and trying to do everything but this far along, I've gotten to the point where I've started delegating things to other people and management in my company is starting to give me positive feedback on it with an understanding "you're pregnant and just being realistic" head nod. I feel kind of slimy about it, but eh, if everyone's cool with it *shrug*

Smiley-1980

Yes definitely and knowing from having my daughter at the exact same time, it only gets worse. I am super busy at work but getting so uncomfortable that I'm not rushing like I used to. 

christac1010

I have a 4 day weekend coming up. I did about an hour of work and now I'm completely checked out. I can't even imagine how I'll be by the holidays around shut down (my company holiday schedule follows local school closings). 

hayhay2501

Uch work was so busy today and all I wanted to do was shout PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO Q4. Yay working in ecommerce in the run up to Christmas  . Luckily I'll be on maternity leave in January so I'll never have to write my summary report of what went wrong!

bab&tjp

YAAAAASSSS! I am going on 28weeks and now I am just like omg I don't wanna do anything. I work at a bank so I kinda have to do work when people come in but sometimes I just feel like putting my "next teller please" sign out. Even though DD isn't up high yet it sure feels like I am so out of breath. I hate sitting all the time but my feet hurt to stand for long. I am over it for sure. I love where I work I am just at that point too that I want a break. I want to do nothing but sit at home in comfy clothes.

johnnydro

Wifey works in retail and is on her feet all day, her supervisors are really good about letting her take breaks but she is giving less and less effs every day as well, especially with her hips starting to hurt. She's been taking more days off and leaving earlier and coming in late.  

newyearsbaby5

It's not just the no motivation. I definitely have the no motivation. But even when I find a burst of energy or momentum to get everything done, baby decides it's the ideal time to crush my rib cage and I can't pay attention anymore. And it's only October. 

jlinke926

I'm right there with you!! I don't have motivation to even get out of bed, let alone drive an hour to work and deal with needy people. I'm going to start working from home 1-2 days a week starting next week. Hopefully that will be a little better

jsl82

My job is BS busywork so it was hard to motivate to do it before- now I'm uncomfortable, tired and only 50/50 on coming back to work at all after LO is born.  I find myself looking for baby clothes, maternity clothes, houses, and other jobs a good portion of my day everyday.  Yesterday I managed to go a full 5 hours of straight work- but that was a fluke very unlikely to happen again.  

emilyn2012

Yes yes yes!!! 

canavara

No one warned me that there was going to be a weird convergence of nesting and job things. People are starting to make fun of me because this past week, I've decided--just for the hell of it--to take on a random technical debt project that reorganizes all of the code in our product's codebase. Mind you, I have no motivation to do the actual work that our product team wants us to do, but I sure as hell can do things that involve massive large-scale organization just because something about organizing things feels relaxing and good.

hayhay2501

@canavara I've yet to find a task at my job that helps blend maternal nesting urges and work but I'm very impressed you have! It gives me hope 

ashanne88

Lol that's hilarious @canavara.

My busy season is basically winding down at this point.  I actually have this weekend off for the first time in 2 months.  As a result my motivation today is -2 on a scale from 1-10.  

newyearsbaby5

@ashanne88 i've never thought about charting my work motivation into the negatives, but a -2 sounds just about right. 

BAJDesigns

I have been doing okay with my motivation at work, as long as I don't listen to DH! He is constantly saying "Don't feel good? Call in!" "Tell them you can't work weekends anymore, you're in the third trimester!" Lol. He cuts me way too much slack!

AshleySparkle720

I'm definitely realizing that the further along I get the less I'm going to care about working haha it's our off season so it's just busy work anyways!