Joyful June: A Difficult Situation
Today I'm trying to see the good things in situations that seem difficult.
First off, the weather has turned these last few days; early in the week it was sunny, but these last few days it's been overcast and rainy, but getting occasional rain isn't too bad - the plants need it.
I also chose to spend the morning before work catching up on Bob's Burgers episodes. One of our channels are showing the whole series, which is good because I only watched the first couple of seasons to begin with; while it has fewer permanent plot changes than The Simpsons, I am still enjoying watching the series in order, just because it feels right somehow.
I also wrote what turned out to be just a few paragraphs of my current X-Files fan fiction; is it weird that occasionally when I write my fan fictions, I introduce a character called Kenny just to have him die a grisly death, so that I've got an excuse for Mulder to say: "Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!"
Work has also been throwing up some situations where I have to make a decision because of managers being on annual leave, a difficult situation because I often want confirmation that they are in agreement with my approach, but this week I've really had to step up and say that this is the right way, and in this case it's to encourage third parties to read the documents that we make available that will answer their questions. Perhaps today's assertiveness online course also helped.
I noticed this "5 Ways to Wellbeing" challenge for Men's Health Week on the staff intranet, and decided to see if I could do the challenges, and maybe keep doing them. So, Friday is "Offer Friday" and I managed to add chocolate rolls for Mum to my online shopping order, so I've managed that for one week. I will see how often I manage to do each of these things and record them in Livejournal.
We watched the England v Scotland game at Mum's house tonight, and it left us underwhelmed - it always seems that when I get excited about a game, it turns out to be a bit of a damp squib.
First off, the weather has turned these last few days; early in the week it was sunny, but these last few days it's been overcast and rainy, but getting occasional rain isn't too bad - the plants need it.
I also chose to spend the morning before work catching up on Bob's Burgers episodes. One of our channels are showing the whole series, which is good because I only watched the first couple of seasons to begin with; while it has fewer permanent plot changes than The Simpsons, I am still enjoying watching the series in order, just because it feels right somehow.
I also wrote what turned out to be just a few paragraphs of my current X-Files fan fiction; is it weird that occasionally when I write my fan fictions, I introduce a character called Kenny just to have him die a grisly death, so that I've got an excuse for Mulder to say: "Oh, my God! They killed Kenny!"
Work has also been throwing up some situations where I have to make a decision because of managers being on annual leave, a difficult situation because I often want confirmation that they are in agreement with my approach, but this week I've really had to step up and say that this is the right way, and in this case it's to encourage third parties to read the documents that we make available that will answer their questions. Perhaps today's assertiveness online course also helped.
I noticed this "5 Ways to Wellbeing" challenge for Men's Health Week on the staff intranet, and decided to see if I could do the challenges, and maybe keep doing them. So, Friday is "Offer Friday" and I managed to add chocolate rolls for Mum to my online shopping order, so I've managed that for one week. I will see how often I manage to do each of these things and record them in Livejournal.
We watched the England v Scotland game at Mum's house tonight, and it left us underwhelmed - it always seems that when I get excited about a game, it turns out to be a bit of a damp squib.