Life in bite-sized pieces
* Had a little bout of depression last night. The job is stressful at the best of times, and my boss likes to micro-manage at odd times. She sent an email at about 8 p.m. with five tasks I should be doing every day; I'm already doing all five, although admittedly two of them could be done better. So I got a nice long moment of realizing my boss has no clue what I'm doing every day -- and that worked out oh-so-well for me at the last job.
The main questions I asked myself while bouncing off the walls: Am I just too quiet about what I'm doing while I'm doing it? Should I be claiming credit for stuff rather than pointing out the work being done by my coworkers? Do I really need to brag on myself rather than just doing my job efficiently and without fuss?
In short, do I really need to be an asshole to get anywhere in this business? Because if so, that's another major reason not to try to get anywhere here.
* Money is slowly getting better. Not where I'd like it to be, i.e. having paid off all my debts to friends as well as the soul-sucking bastard creditors, but better. The problem is resisting the temptation to use any "extra" cash -- which isn't really extra, just not already spent -- on things I want but don't need.
* I need too knuckle down and write more. Work stress is making it hard for me to write, but I know the only way to deal with said stress is to write. So I've gotta deal with that thing soon.
* As of today, Forest has been in Kansas for 7 years. I'm a lucky man. I just wish it were easier for us to get back to her neck of the woods more often.
The main questions I asked myself while bouncing off the walls: Am I just too quiet about what I'm doing while I'm doing it? Should I be claiming credit for stuff rather than pointing out the work being done by my coworkers? Do I really need to brag on myself rather than just doing my job efficiently and without fuss?
In short, do I really need to be an asshole to get anywhere in this business? Because if so, that's another major reason not to try to get anywhere here.
* Money is slowly getting better. Not where I'd like it to be, i.e. having paid off all my debts to friends as well as the soul-sucking bastard creditors, but better. The problem is resisting the temptation to use any "extra" cash -- which isn't really extra, just not already spent -- on things I want but don't need.
* I need too knuckle down and write more. Work stress is making it hard for me to write, but I know the only way to deal with said stress is to write. So I've gotta deal with that thing soon.
* As of today, Forest has been in Kansas for 7 years. I'm a lucky man. I just wish it were easier for us to get back to her neck of the woods more often.