It all began Friday morning when I first arrived my internship, it was about that time to write another newsletter for the organization, a stressful monthly task that I'm only designated one or two days to finish. As the day continued my "to-do list" got longer and longer, my emotions began to over-work, and my stress was skyrocketing. I kept telling myself that all this work couldn't be done, I didn't have enough time, the work I was doing wasn't good, and I began to slowly break myself down inside. That's when I realized my little bundle of negativity inside me was my gremlin.
Penelope was the name I chose solely because it is a deceiving name, it appears as a nice and friendly name but once the pressure of work and life hit, Penelope goes into negative mode. As you'll learn more about my gremlin on Tuesday, I did realize that once I noticed what I was doing to self-destroy under the stress at my internship, the more I could let go of all the little negative thoughts and focus more on the work at hand. Maybe having a gremlin isn't bad after all, we all have negative thoughts when things get tough but if we recognize them it is easier to let them go and solely focus on the work that needs to be done.
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