How is it December already?

My store's Q4 officially started last Wednesday by my reckoning -- the day before Thanksgiving is always one of our busiest days in terms of sales and foot traffic. I should know, I lost count of how many people came up to me while I was doing dairy upstock, asking me "could you tell me what aisle (x) is in...?". It was A LOT. Black Friday, on the other hand, is always a ghost town, which kind of makes sense considering our customers will be feasting on leftovers for at least a few more days. It'll probably pick up again in the next few days. My only issue is that our upper management is comparing our recent sales to last years, which, y'know, makes sense as a guideline, but unfortunately some of them see a slight decrease (like say, our numbers lower by about 1000 dollars compared to this day last year) as a much bigger concern than they think it is. Head Boss and I have had a few conversations about this and yes, it is frustrating, but on the plus side we're doing a LOT better than they expected in several other metrics so I think we're safe for now.

And yet the Day Job continues on. I think I'm doing pretty well managing my energy and stress levels there these days. I've been making a very concerted effort lately NOT to fall prey to the "I'd better do it myself or it'll never get done" mindset that, while it can be a positive in certain situations, is extremely unhealthy when I start thinking that all the damn time. I can hand a job off to someone else so I don't have to worry about, say, running off to the two aisles where we have things locked up (certain hard liquor and general merchandise like detergents, baby food and health products, all of which were high-level theft items for us) when someone else can do it. And I might be a physically exhausted after some shifts are over, but I'm glad to say that the stress levels remain low. Only a few occasional irritating moments at most.

Now, if I can only get back in the habit of walking to/from work more often...!!