I feel off

Reflecting on an off day
Jan 20, 2025
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I feel off:

I feel off.

Not myself.

Snippy.

Defensive.

Angry.

Pushed back at someone at work today and came off a bit much.

I was going at him rather than discussing the point.

Should I have accepted what he said blankly without a response?

No.

But should I have handled it better?

Yea.

Other people on my team could tell.

They had to intervene and not make it out to be something bigger than it was.

Then he called me later and called me out for it.

I apologized.

Didn’t have all the information.

But didn’t appreciate getting blatantly called out for being wrong.

His argument was he’s done this before and knows what he’s talking about.

He’s right.

But don’t think he fully heard what I said.

I didn’t have all the information.


We were arguing about an exit value for a company.


Trying to model out what a company could get sold for if they hit all their milestones.

I came up with a number based on common sense and one other acquisition in the space in recent months.

It wasn’t good enough.

I know that.

It’s not a thorough analysis.

Explained that as much as I could but I wasn’t clear.

So he called me out.

And I went back at him.

Then he called me out of the blue.

No how’s it going or how you been.

Just a what the hell happened?

Stated my case and he told me his.

Ended up agreeing.

We need more info to make a decision but we don’t need that info today.

He wanted me to have that info.

I didn’t.

I’ll take the L.

Good learning experience.

But since then, I’ve been off.

Walking to the grocery store, felt off.

In my own head.

Angry.

Maybe it’s the Ravens' loss.

Hard to believe a sports team can get to me that much.

But it has in the past.

This one hurt too being there.

That wasn’t it though.

Not sure what it is.

Maybe a bad night sleep.

Getting home at 2 am.

Day off of training.

Who knows.

All I know is I was off today.

Felt it.

All good.

Need to acknowledge it.


Relax.

Chill out.

Get a good night sleep.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Take it as that.

Just a blip.

You can’t be on every day.

You can’t be perfect every day.

Some days you don’t have it.

No stress.


Don’t let these days compound.

Accept what happened, reflect and move on.

It’s ok to feel off sometimes.

We all go through it.

'Keep Going You're Doing Great'

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