Mirror, mirror

[undinewhisper]

I remembered today how much I love figuring things out.  And how much I love doing like, statistic type stuff and working out an answer that makes sense, that takes multiple factors into account.  Because I really do enjoy doing that.  And being able to do that for people, and interpret it in a meaningful way, without them needing to fully

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[grubber]

I find that office jobs tend to take life from you...

[undinewhisper]

It has nothing to do with office jobs. I love my job. It does energize me. But, when my job is very busy and hectic, eventhough I love it, it will be draining sometimes. In fact, my job is one of the reasons I remembered I love doing some mild form of stats and figuring problems out. It was me that had forgotten it, and not my job stifling me. I found an office job environment that I can thrive in. My coworkers, my work, all are very engaging. I can see the opportunities for me to bring creativity and meaning to my job that I would bring to a less traditional setting and apply it there. That, I find more fascinating and rewarding than working for a traditionally untraditional, active, creative place. Taking the creativity into an environment people don't usually think it can be applied is part of what I love to do. I think it's very easy to have what you fear occurs in office jobs occur at less traditional ones that you would substitute, especially when there is constant demand for that creativity and higher thought. And when that

[grubber]

there's nothing stimulating about this job, or encouraging about what it may hold for me in the future. I thought I was hired to be a project manager and I was hired because of my SAS experience. Fine...but they never have enough work for me. Even if I do seek it out. Everyone here seems like a zombie...coasting through the day.

[anonymous]

Megan,
It makes me so happy to see that things are going well for you and that you can get re-involved in the things that are positive in your life! It is uplifting to see that rejuevenation can happen despite the damage.

Krista