Sense of Accomplishment

This has been another hectic week where I've felt like I've been playing "catch up" on everything. After 10 hours in the office today I finally feel like I'm making progress. I use my email inbox as my 'to do' list and it's a good indicator of how well I have my work under control. I try to keep the inbox limited to 25 emails of outstanding things to respond to or to do, but this month it has been hovering around a very stressful 60. Today I have managed to get it down to 40, so I feel like I've accomplished something. This, of course, does not count the normal work activities that I have to deal with that don't show up in email, such as teaching, writing, and research. Oh yeah, and I have to put together a packet of information about my accomplishments to date as an assitant professor for my contract renewal. I guess that's what I'll be doing this weekend. One more week until spring break.