Today was another one of our required attendance days at the office. Again, I got to see fifty people in person whom I haven’t been with for ages. It’s usually very gratifying and I feel seen.
This time I felt far too seen.
- A leader remembered an exchange on her first day when I groused that I hoped she’d last longer than six months.
- People laughed and agreed this was very on-brand for me.
- Others remembered when I refused to speak to them until they passed their licensing exam.
All these things are true. Had it stopped there I might have been fine. But then on break, a well-meaning person said they watched my face exhibit the five stages of grief when when a presenter suggested there would be a change in how we construct user objectives.
I tipped past “I feel seen” to “I feel overexposed.” It seems hard to believe … but I think I hit maximum attention overload.
I have a limit! Good to know.