a game of picking who gets disappointed
I'm taking a break from some of my homework here in the school library to pay some more attention to this journal that I keep neglecting. And I could use the break, too. Brand management and design thumbnails are starting to get really tedious.
All three of my classes this quarter involve major levels of group work, meaning that I'm going to have to balance work responsibilities and frame my schedule around about seven different people. I'm pretty sure that this is going to end up being one of those things where I'm going to have time to get only some of the work done, which essentially makes this a game of picking who has to get disappointed. I've already decided that if I have to neglect any class it's going to be my senior project (which some of you may remember as the class last quarter where I was unwillingly appointed programmer and still managed to do a majority of the work). I'm not going to go out of my way to neglect it, of course. I just won't feel any sense of guilt if I happen to fall behind in that class's group work.
Though speaking of which, my teammates in that senior project class have really started stepping up lately. One of them (who I'll call Mike) took one look at the code from last quarter, said "Oh, I understand this," and did more programming in one hour than it would take me to do in about four or five. I wanted to be annoyed at Mike for not stepping up in this way and taking initiative last quarter, but I was just so impressed that I just kind of sat there in awe, mouth slightly open, staring in wonder.
Work has been a little awkward lately. Earlier this week I was involved in a large project for a sales team and was kind of excited to be given that level of responsibility. My superior asked me to turn in a specific, small part of my work before I left for the day, so I asked "Is there anything else you need?" Wondering if she wanted the rest of what I'd typed up. She said no, so I left. So imagine my surprise when I received an e-mail the next day politely lecturing me on the importance of being detail oriented, claiming that I hadn't completed everything that was asked of me.
Only I did complete everything they asked, but I didn't turn it in because she specifically said she didn't need it.
It's funny - I can put up with mountains of really repetitive or boring work for months at a time without a problem, but the second somebody scolds me for something I actually did right it completely drops a bomb on my motivation to work. Though I'm sure I'll get over it by the next time I show up.
Time to get back to work, I guess.
All three of my classes this quarter involve major levels of group work, meaning that I'm going to have to balance work responsibilities and frame my schedule around about seven different people. I'm pretty sure that this is going to end up being one of those things where I'm going to have time to get only some of the work done, which essentially makes this a game of picking who has to get disappointed. I've already decided that if I have to neglect any class it's going to be my senior project (which some of you may remember as the class last quarter where I was unwillingly appointed programmer and still managed to do a majority of the work). I'm not going to go out of my way to neglect it, of course. I just won't feel any sense of guilt if I happen to fall behind in that class's group work.
Though speaking of which, my teammates in that senior project class have really started stepping up lately. One of them (who I'll call Mike) took one look at the code from last quarter, said "Oh, I understand this," and did more programming in one hour than it would take me to do in about four or five. I wanted to be annoyed at Mike for not stepping up in this way and taking initiative last quarter, but I was just so impressed that I just kind of sat there in awe, mouth slightly open, staring in wonder.
Work has been a little awkward lately. Earlier this week I was involved in a large project for a sales team and was kind of excited to be given that level of responsibility. My superior asked me to turn in a specific, small part of my work before I left for the day, so I asked "Is there anything else you need?" Wondering if she wanted the rest of what I'd typed up. She said no, so I left. So imagine my surprise when I received an e-mail the next day politely lecturing me on the importance of being detail oriented, claiming that I hadn't completed everything that was asked of me.
Only I did complete everything they asked, but I didn't turn it in because she specifically said she didn't need it.
It's funny - I can put up with mountains of really repetitive or boring work for months at a time without a problem, but the second somebody scolds me for something I actually did right it completely drops a bomb on my motivation to work. Though I'm sure I'll get over it by the next time I show up.
Time to get back to work, I guess.