hmmm....
Wow, it's been longer than I realized since I last posted. I thought I was keeping up pretty well, but I do sometimes dream about the stuff that I'm supposed to be doing, instead of doing them.
So, we've closed on the house, picked out some paint colors, designed our kitchen,
ordered the cabinets, picked out the countertop - can y'all believe that granite costs less than "engineered solid surface materials" - and picked out the appliances. We still have to order the granite, appliances, and paint.
Also, I've called one of the local school districts to be a substitute teacher, and applying at the school district in the next town over. As soon as sub training is done, and I'm consistently getting a few days a week, I'll give notice at my marketing job.
I really think that a big part of the problem is that I can't work on multiple projects that I don't really know without direction. If I'm involved in a project and know a lot about it, I don't need a lot of guidance. However, I'm working on a bunch of stuff I don't understand, without a good understanding of what is wanted from me, and I can't make sense of it in my head. I think it's also a function of my wanting to know how things work instead of just saying it works well. I get to feeling like "Yes, it's lovely, how does it work? Oh, we don't talk about that? But I still need to know so that I can write about it. Oh, I just need to say it's lovely in X number of ways? But I don't know how or why it's lovely as I don't know what it does. Yes, I know it improves productivity, but how? You say that I don't need to know that to say it's lovely? But I do. No, really, I do need to know... Oh forget it. Yes, it's lovely. I'll be sure to write that up." Argh!
Anyway, I think my boss needs someone less grounded in tech writing, more able to keep the various acronyms categorized with the various selling points, more comfortable working without an understanding of the hows and whys, and less in the dark with the politics of Microsoft/Vendor?Member relations.
I think that's everything for now. I hope to have another journal entry (a real one, not imagined) shortly. Toodles.
So, we've closed on the house, picked out some paint colors, designed our kitchen,
ordered the cabinets, picked out the countertop - can y'all believe that granite costs less than "engineered solid surface materials" - and picked out the appliances. We still have to order the granite, appliances, and paint.
Also, I've called one of the local school districts to be a substitute teacher, and applying at the school district in the next town over. As soon as sub training is done, and I'm consistently getting a few days a week, I'll give notice at my marketing job.
I really think that a big part of the problem is that I can't work on multiple projects that I don't really know without direction. If I'm involved in a project and know a lot about it, I don't need a lot of guidance. However, I'm working on a bunch of stuff I don't understand, without a good understanding of what is wanted from me, and I can't make sense of it in my head. I think it's also a function of my wanting to know how things work instead of just saying it works well. I get to feeling like "Yes, it's lovely, how does it work? Oh, we don't talk about that? But I still need to know so that I can write about it. Oh, I just need to say it's lovely in X number of ways? But I don't know how or why it's lovely as I don't know what it does. Yes, I know it improves productivity, but how? You say that I don't need to know that to say it's lovely? But I do. No, really, I do need to know... Oh forget it. Yes, it's lovely. I'll be sure to write that up." Argh!
Anyway, I think my boss needs someone less grounded in tech writing, more able to keep the various acronyms categorized with the various selling points, more comfortable working without an understanding of the hows and whys, and less in the dark with the politics of Microsoft/Vendor?Member relations.
I think that's everything for now. I hope to have another journal entry (a real one, not imagined) shortly. Toodles.