Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Had to Lock Myself Out of My Office

30 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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This content was created by Danielle Ralston. This content was uploaded by Danielle Ralston. This is a YouTube video titled "Had to Lock Myself Out of My Office" (created July 30, 2023). It contains a first-person monologue/personal reflection in which the speaker describes locking themself out of their office, struggling with boundary-setting and ADHD, being contacted by someone named Rebecca at 2 AM, answering client messages in Voxer late at night, and the stress of clients expecting late-hour responses.

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Why did I lock myself out of my office? I have been having a hard time keeping my own boundaries lately, and Rebecca called me out 2 AM. It was something crazy, and I was working, answering client messages in our Voxer, and it was not awesome or appropriate. Definitely needed to be monitored. Why is that? I'm ADHD. I got caught up in the, somebody was messaging me, I should answer them back immediately. And I've been doing that way too much lately, and it started crossing boundaries, and then clients started to expect me to be answering them at 2 AM and midnight and all kinds of stuff. It gets to be too much.