Something to Inspire me to Focus
you know how some people need a little motivator to focus....well i have gotten L.A.Z.Y with this job, it's been ONE FUCKING YEAR folks and i don't think i know what hard work is anymore. Nor weekly/quarterly reports or whatnot. Or balancing a checkbook for that matter.
i've decided to get a part time retail job...will put on a nice suit and apply to some places I actually want to work at...ie Wear Else, Leone or some place where I can just get some weekend hours and a fat discount. I need a fat discount.
I've decided to give in and get a really fat ass LV tote...it's practically bigger than me. I can put my future laptop and weekend outing stuff in it, the oversized bag look is sooo asian and it looks soo cute on little people. It's either that or a really nice carpet bag from MiuMiu which is equally snug, yet all leather and very very caryall as well. It's also alittle less in your face than LV, which I think still....it's just canvas no???
Oh well, then i got a nice little snide lecture from a gf about how material things don't make you happy. Woh, that's revelation shit. As if I care what she thinks, as if I would say back "well does being poor make you happy?" me thinks not.
I haven't made any big purchases in awhile, and for me, bags are things i think appreciate and last close to forever, they are not seasonal, not the ones I choose anyway, they always are brown and staidly. but i also rarely use them.
So lately I've been hearing friends complain about their career direction and whatnot. I am the same, passive aggressive whining. Or people who have good degrees who decide to go work on grocery stores...sure that's liberal freedom north american style for you, but it's also plain old stupidity. and people who complain about wanting a nice corporate job in the bentall towers wearing suits all day (which incidentally don't pay that well) and yet they do NOTHING to make themselves stand out from the crowds, they do little extra curriculur, they don't sell themselves, they don't try to better their chances at all. And then they sit at home twiddling their thumbs. How can people like that really exist is beyond me.
Risk-adversive I suppose. Which is all fine and good because that also means they are reliable and not superficial and whatnot. Did I mention I'm bored with my job??? I shouldn't say that but let me say when the annual review comes up in feb, if i don't get a raise, i am going to try my bestest to leave.
Not like this job sucks but what I really want are learning opportunities.......and inspiration. My mgr inspires me abit...but there's just so much "good enough...or why bother" mentality floating around. People are afraid to try new things and to push the boundaries. Next week I'm only going in 1 day but I'm working on new copy for our websites. I actually designed all the subpages in terms of layout (not the html or DESIGHN DESIGN stuff) and navigation.....I like how at meetings i make some corporate speak and the director lights up...we think on the same wavelengths except she's like 50, and a snob with bad clothing.
So I'm trying to promote our tax benefits webpages..especially the federal legislation on the elimination of capital gains tax on people who donate gifts of securities. I'm writing a story about a man who died this year and donated 50k of telus and mackenzie stocks to us....though i dont think he knew the entire deal about this on his estate. Anyhow, his life is all these bits and pieces stuck in thie file and i have to bring it to life in 1 page. It is rather depressing to know we all die alone but it's comforting to know it's a universal experience.
Money isn't everything but without it, you can't do anything especially the fun things. And getting that money in the door, in any biz/org requires a smart execution that is coordinated, and effortless to the end user. It's the simple things that turn people off. Like not having their food ready when they show up. It's the simple things really, that make life hard. (and i could go on with this metaphor but i digress) I can't believe what a shambles our work is in, and how some people just don't get it....
I have to remind myself I work for a reputable national org, which is also a privilege even if it is a drag to see things move so slowly. I pretty much am comfrotable talking to every depart tho they have this who "who the hell are you" wall going up and my mgr told me my horizon is limitless b/c i am a good writer. Though I have had to relearn alot of things I've been taught in life.
R and i chatted last night for quite awhile about go getters, downers and "losers".....and how they think they are better than other people cuz they have less worldly concerns...(like a lcd plasma and LV bags) but clearly that's not who we are, we aren't defined by our material goods, we just enjoy having them. Life may be many things but it is never dull......
i've decided to get a part time retail job...will put on a nice suit and apply to some places I actually want to work at...ie Wear Else, Leone or some place where I can just get some weekend hours and a fat discount. I need a fat discount.
I've decided to give in and get a really fat ass LV tote...it's practically bigger than me. I can put my future laptop and weekend outing stuff in it, the oversized bag look is sooo asian and it looks soo cute on little people. It's either that or a really nice carpet bag from MiuMiu which is equally snug, yet all leather and very very caryall as well. It's also alittle less in your face than LV, which I think still....it's just canvas no???
Oh well, then i got a nice little snide lecture from a gf about how material things don't make you happy. Woh, that's revelation shit. As if I care what she thinks, as if I would say back "well does being poor make you happy?" me thinks not.
I haven't made any big purchases in awhile, and for me, bags are things i think appreciate and last close to forever, they are not seasonal, not the ones I choose anyway, they always are brown and staidly. but i also rarely use them.
So lately I've been hearing friends complain about their career direction and whatnot. I am the same, passive aggressive whining. Or people who have good degrees who decide to go work on grocery stores...sure that's liberal freedom north american style for you, but it's also plain old stupidity. and people who complain about wanting a nice corporate job in the bentall towers wearing suits all day (which incidentally don't pay that well) and yet they do NOTHING to make themselves stand out from the crowds, they do little extra curriculur, they don't sell themselves, they don't try to better their chances at all. And then they sit at home twiddling their thumbs. How can people like that really exist is beyond me.
Risk-adversive I suppose. Which is all fine and good because that also means they are reliable and not superficial and whatnot. Did I mention I'm bored with my job??? I shouldn't say that but let me say when the annual review comes up in feb, if i don't get a raise, i am going to try my bestest to leave.
Not like this job sucks but what I really want are learning opportunities.......and inspiration. My mgr inspires me abit...but there's just so much "good enough...or why bother" mentality floating around. People are afraid to try new things and to push the boundaries. Next week I'm only going in 1 day but I'm working on new copy for our websites. I actually designed all the subpages in terms of layout (not the html or DESIGHN DESIGN stuff) and navigation.....I like how at meetings i make some corporate speak and the director lights up...we think on the same wavelengths except she's like 50, and a snob with bad clothing.
So I'm trying to promote our tax benefits webpages..especially the federal legislation on the elimination of capital gains tax on people who donate gifts of securities. I'm writing a story about a man who died this year and donated 50k of telus and mackenzie stocks to us....though i dont think he knew the entire deal about this on his estate. Anyhow, his life is all these bits and pieces stuck in thie file and i have to bring it to life in 1 page. It is rather depressing to know we all die alone but it's comforting to know it's a universal experience.
Money isn't everything but without it, you can't do anything especially the fun things. And getting that money in the door, in any biz/org requires a smart execution that is coordinated, and effortless to the end user. It's the simple things that turn people off. Like not having their food ready when they show up. It's the simple things really, that make life hard. (and i could go on with this metaphor but i digress) I can't believe what a shambles our work is in, and how some people just don't get it....
I have to remind myself I work for a reputable national org, which is also a privilege even if it is a drag to see things move so slowly. I pretty much am comfrotable talking to every depart tho they have this who "who the hell are you" wall going up and my mgr told me my horizon is limitless b/c i am a good writer. Though I have had to relearn alot of things I've been taught in life.
R and i chatted last night for quite awhile about go getters, downers and "losers".....and how they think they are better than other people cuz they have less worldly concerns...(like a lcd plasma and LV bags) but clearly that's not who we are, we aren't defined by our material goods, we just enjoy having them. Life may be many things but it is never dull......