haha. take THAT inboxes
Inboxes: 0
me: 100000
Yep. i did it. i emptied them.... 0s across the board. i dont even know how it is possible that i can accumulate all that unread mail. weird. So yeah... lots of mail... deleted. I bet this is exactly what everyone was hoping i would update about... the status of my email accounts....
ok. i am in Austin. They needed an Emergency Director for the next two weeks. My favorite aunt lives here, so i couldn’t pass up the chance to see her and her family. Seeing her has been great! Running this office has been at best kinda shitty. Basically i came to an office that hasn’t had leadership for about a month. Which means most of the staff is under quota, and many of them have no idea how money connects to helping with the environment. Many of the were totally disenchanted with the job. On top of that, i basically had to come in and start letting people go who were not doing the job well. Everyone loves the person who comes in and fires their friends right....? It was pretty miserable... and a couple of the situations were down right really trying. I am used to people liking me and liking working with me.... but when you come in under the circumstances i came into, i don’t think anyone is really going to be ready to like you...... so thats really weird.... makes me feel very nervous and self conscious….
Its ok. I totally understand it must be totally weird for them. Plus I am leaving only a week later… so I seem like some sort of malicious tornado. Its ok… the new director who will be permanently running this office is in… and I think it would be good if I continue to be the really bad guy and that he gets to be the savior and new guy who will make everything all better…. Being the Lead Canvass Director is Tough… and my goal for the rest of the summer will be to make it so their lives are not nearly as hard.
I miss Chicago already! Summer in Chicago… as per usual, has been amazing! Was hoping to connect with a couple friends that have been sorta… well inaccessible…. But that’s ok. That’s life. I have, however, been able to see so many really great friends already! Life has been totally fucking sweet. My new Frisbee team is not nearly as sweet as my one from last summer! I was totally spoiled! When I get back, however, I am sure ill get to invest a little more time in it.
Still don’t know where I want to be for the Winter…. Cant make a decision……
Oh oh, now I have some real news:
So my Aunts job is “life coaching” Basically it is consulting about what decisions you should make in your life based on TRULY understanding your needs and talents. She did some “coaching” with me this weekend… She asked a bunch of questions which were like… do you like to execute a plan, lead a team executing a place, or lead the leader who is executing a plan? …. Or…… do you like to work with people, numbers or words?..... and… what are your top five priorities in life… (Learning , Social Justice, Family/Friends, traveling, Music/art)….. and…. (this one she said really helped her suggestion for me): “would you rather read and study about a new way to do something, or execute and implement a new way to do something (me: read about and study it).
My Aunt really says I should run a business…. But since I don’t really seem to be driven much by making money….. she says that a lot of my social./intellectual needs would be met by working the area of law…..! I like the way that sounds….. and I have never really seriously considered it…..
But: now that I think of it…. I loved philosophy for the reason that you have to solve those tough problems…. And I LOVE logic…. I also think this is a great venue for working on social justice. And… well… .also I am kind of picky with how I work with people… and I think that in the law profession I could be working in a pretty good environment and work with people in a way I prefer to (which is pretty strait forward)…. (however, I don’t think I know entirely what I am imagining is better… nor do I know if it is true to form)
Earlier in the week she said I should work in HR or in Organizational Psychology… which in all my MBTI tests and general personality test I always RANK really high for…. Problem is… sometimes I hate all the fucking show and dishonesty that comes with it…. I really hate motivating and trying to be really friendly with people I strait up don’t like that much….. its just exhausting… and I hate being in phony. I mean, we all have to do it… smile and move on…. But I think that in HR your job is to do it professionally…. I mean… I like a lot of people…. but, well…. I think you all understand this…. I think some people are better at this, cause they can disconnect…. Sometimes I think it just totally drains me to do that…..
So I guess, I will be looking into that profession… it has definitely made me feel really exciting about looking at what I want to do with my future…. When I think of other stuff… it just feels soooo looming and abstract….yep.
Ok this is a good update. I will be back in Chicago Satureday! Meghans Baby shower and Sunday! What else friends!?!?!? What Else!?!?!?!
me: 100000
Yep. i did it. i emptied them.... 0s across the board. i dont even know how it is possible that i can accumulate all that unread mail. weird. So yeah... lots of mail... deleted. I bet this is exactly what everyone was hoping i would update about... the status of my email accounts....
ok. i am in Austin. They needed an Emergency Director for the next two weeks. My favorite aunt lives here, so i couldn’t pass up the chance to see her and her family. Seeing her has been great! Running this office has been at best kinda shitty. Basically i came to an office that hasn’t had leadership for about a month. Which means most of the staff is under quota, and many of them have no idea how money connects to helping with the environment. Many of the were totally disenchanted with the job. On top of that, i basically had to come in and start letting people go who were not doing the job well. Everyone loves the person who comes in and fires their friends right....? It was pretty miserable... and a couple of the situations were down right really trying. I am used to people liking me and liking working with me.... but when you come in under the circumstances i came into, i don’t think anyone is really going to be ready to like you...... so thats really weird.... makes me feel very nervous and self conscious….
Its ok. I totally understand it must be totally weird for them. Plus I am leaving only a week later… so I seem like some sort of malicious tornado. Its ok… the new director who will be permanently running this office is in… and I think it would be good if I continue to be the really bad guy and that he gets to be the savior and new guy who will make everything all better…. Being the Lead Canvass Director is Tough… and my goal for the rest of the summer will be to make it so their lives are not nearly as hard.
I miss Chicago already! Summer in Chicago… as per usual, has been amazing! Was hoping to connect with a couple friends that have been sorta… well inaccessible…. But that’s ok. That’s life. I have, however, been able to see so many really great friends already! Life has been totally fucking sweet. My new Frisbee team is not nearly as sweet as my one from last summer! I was totally spoiled! When I get back, however, I am sure ill get to invest a little more time in it.
Still don’t know where I want to be for the Winter…. Cant make a decision……
Oh oh, now I have some real news:
So my Aunts job is “life coaching” Basically it is consulting about what decisions you should make in your life based on TRULY understanding your needs and talents. She did some “coaching” with me this weekend… She asked a bunch of questions which were like… do you like to execute a plan, lead a team executing a place, or lead the leader who is executing a plan? …. Or…… do you like to work with people, numbers or words?..... and… what are your top five priorities in life… (Learning , Social Justice, Family/Friends, traveling, Music/art)….. and…. (this one she said really helped her suggestion for me): “would you rather read and study about a new way to do something, or execute and implement a new way to do something (me: read about and study it).
My Aunt really says I should run a business…. But since I don’t really seem to be driven much by making money….. she says that a lot of my social./intellectual needs would be met by working the area of law…..! I like the way that sounds….. and I have never really seriously considered it…..
But: now that I think of it…. I loved philosophy for the reason that you have to solve those tough problems…. And I LOVE logic…. I also think this is a great venue for working on social justice. And… well… .also I am kind of picky with how I work with people… and I think that in the law profession I could be working in a pretty good environment and work with people in a way I prefer to (which is pretty strait forward)…. (however, I don’t think I know entirely what I am imagining is better… nor do I know if it is true to form)
Earlier in the week she said I should work in HR or in Organizational Psychology… which in all my MBTI tests and general personality test I always RANK really high for…. Problem is… sometimes I hate all the fucking show and dishonesty that comes with it…. I really hate motivating and trying to be really friendly with people I strait up don’t like that much….. its just exhausting… and I hate being in phony. I mean, we all have to do it… smile and move on…. But I think that in HR your job is to do it professionally…. I mean… I like a lot of people…. but, well…. I think you all understand this…. I think some people are better at this, cause they can disconnect…. Sometimes I think it just totally drains me to do that…..
So I guess, I will be looking into that profession… it has definitely made me feel really exciting about looking at what I want to do with my future…. When I think of other stuff… it just feels soooo looming and abstract….yep.
Ok this is a good update. I will be back in Chicago Satureday! Meghans Baby shower and Sunday! What else friends!?!?!? What Else!?!?!?!