Also: Real Life
So, the issue with my drugged out co-worker has been resolved. I'd like to say it has a happy ending, but it doesn't. She no longer is a co-worker, and is not considered a friend. She has screwed her life up big time, and rejects any help from any of us, so God be with her, because she certainly doesn't want any one of us with her.
On that note, we have hired and have been training new people...which takes a LOT of time, hence my abscence. It's hard to keep a journal, and write creatively, and get work done. There are just too many things going on in the world.
My boss and I were talking the other day, and it was about negative things that had happened to the two of us. It was funny though, because she found it odd that I had a low self-esteem. She then complimented me on a great many things, and it felt good to hear her say those things. She also said that what I should do is start keeping a "positive" journal. Meaning, every day I write down ten good things that happen...and that's it...just the ten good things. Then, when something bad happens (which I told her when I find something negative, it easily wipes out ten positives in my mind) I have all those other positive things to fall back on. I don't know how well that would work (I feel like I'm setting myself up when I talk positive about myself...usually when I think I'm at my best is when I tend to fall on my face the worst), but it seems like a good idea. I'll have to start small though, just to avoid the cocky/arrogance/overconfidence thing.
Anyway, the rest of this last month has been nothing but work, but hopefully, when my vacation rolls around at the end of this month, I'll have something interesting to write about.
On that note, we have hired and have been training new people...which takes a LOT of time, hence my abscence. It's hard to keep a journal, and write creatively, and get work done. There are just too many things going on in the world.
My boss and I were talking the other day, and it was about negative things that had happened to the two of us. It was funny though, because she found it odd that I had a low self-esteem. She then complimented me on a great many things, and it felt good to hear her say those things. She also said that what I should do is start keeping a "positive" journal. Meaning, every day I write down ten good things that happen...and that's it...just the ten good things. Then, when something bad happens (which I told her when I find something negative, it easily wipes out ten positives in my mind) I have all those other positive things to fall back on. I don't know how well that would work (I feel like I'm setting myself up when I talk positive about myself...usually when I think I'm at my best is when I tend to fall on my face the worst), but it seems like a good idea. I'll have to start small though, just to avoid the cocky/arrogance/overconfidence thing.
Anyway, the rest of this last month has been nothing but work, but hopefully, when my vacation rolls around at the end of this month, I'll have something interesting to write about.