Thriving...in Spite of It

So, it's the first Monday of the new year---that's either a double-edged sword, or a double-whammy, depending on how you are looking at 2015, this moment. Whether you bounced into the office bright and early this morning, water bottle in hand, in total denial of the fatigue that's already beginning to set from your first workout (note: there you have it--three new year's resolutions, already!) ... OR you shuffled in, a little late, sporting the ever-faithful-fallback pony-tail, black pants and whatever random semi-comfy shirt was doomed to help you meet the minimum standard for professional office attire....oh, and carrying a box of doughnuts, because, as the Whataburger commercial so eloquently declares, "you're not the one that's late for work, you're the one who brought breakfast!" I think I'm somewhere in-between the two scenarios.  I know it's not just the girls suffering from the syndrome--I just left a meeting with a couple of guy