I am nervous to say it's a trend, but my days at work have been a lot more manageable for the past month or so. I've certainly complained quite a bit about the amount of work I have had to do for my job and all the overtime that went along with it. My overtime has dropped dramatically and has stayed down for the past several weeks.
The part that troubles me is I can't precisely say why. I have a few things that I think are contributing factors: I've been delegating more tasks to our offshore team, there has been someone working with me for the past 2 months who's main purpose was to help me with my workload, and our team's increasing experience with the applications we are supporting. But those are all gradual factors, and my workload has changed rather dramatically.
I think it might be a trend. If so, I should be able to continue to work on some of the "continuous improvement" goals that keep me energized at work.