Weekend Update
Whaddaya know, I have Super Bowl Sunday off work! I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to actually watch the game. I really have no interest in either team. It does give me a good excuse to order pizza or something though, heh.
School is going ok so far. I have a Supervision/Leadership project due in two weeks, and a Marketing test coming up. I think that if I can make it to spring break with good grades, I’ll be just fine.
The new job is… hmm… new. As much as I will miss my old job, I’m looking forward to focusing on just one thing. Having my attention split in so many different directions with the two jobs and school is difficult. Also, I know observation is important for learning, but I’m so used to doing things when I’m at work (cause that’s what they pay me for – doing things) that just watching makes me nervous. I feel anxious like I’m going to get in trouble, even though rationally I know that’s silly. Technically, because of the split with the old job, I’ve spent an equivalent of 9 days training. There’s only so much a person can contribute in their first 9 days, right?
Stupid work ethic.
The Big News
Now that my family and coworkers all know, I guess I can mention that I will start training for a new job in January! Way back in early November I decided to go for a long shot job, at least, I thought it was a long shot. It seems that my colleagues have a bizarre amount of faith in me and they actually hired me! Let’s hope that faith isn’t misguided, heh.
Why am I so shocked by the whole ordeal? Because I’m going to be working in Human Resources. Yep, that’s right, this introverted thinker is going to have to work on her people skills. The strategizing, planning, and implementing aspects of the job sound ridiculously fun though.
It’s a good thing I don’t have kids, or my life would really start to resemble that of Sally Forth.
I Should Keep a Log
Something I’ve never bother to do before? Keep a log of all my work activities. It’d be nothing fancy to start, but just a quick run-down of the things I’ve done during the day, problems I’ve encountered, information I’ve shared or received, etc.
That sort of thing would probably come in handy. Once I got better at recording things, maybe I could start to work them into stories to use for various purposes.
I blame this notion on the book I’m reading: The Elements of Persuasion. It mentions the real-life stories The Ritz-Carlton uses to motivate employees and increase business by word-of-mouth advertising. When people have some autonomy and enough time to go above and beyond, some amazing things happen.
Brain… Not… Functioning…
Yesterday and today I accidentally woke up at 3:00am. Now, I get up early for work, but not THAT early. I’m usually up at around 5:30am. I like the morning. Mornings feels fresh and new, and riding your bike to work during the sunrise is just about the most amazing experience you can have, and I get to do it several times each week for a good chunk of the year.
But, waking up at 3:00am when you didn’t mean to is rough. My brain has been a little cloudy all day, since it was my second day not getting enough sleep, and my coffee consumption was delayed this morning, and the tiredness and stress of decision making nearly made me cry at work for really silly reasons. Fortunately, it was early enough that the office was pretty empty, and I managed to keep it together. I was experiencing a lack of confidence, so I reread my Predictive Index summary and it reminded me that I generally do good work when I put my mind to it. I’m sure that finally ingesting coffee helped a great deal, too.
I am quite glad to have tomorrow off… I need to sleeeeeep!
Self and Mood
Everybody has their own version of who they think they are. And I’m fairly sure everyone’s vision of them self changes a bit based on their mood. When I’m having a good day, I can picture myself successfully taking on challenges, I look cuter in my bathroom mirror, and simple compliments light me up and give me energy. When I’m having a bad day, I see all the places where I might fail, and feel that anyone who trusts me to do a good job is seriously naive.
On the phone with a colleague today, he admitted making a minor mistake, and I told him it was ok and that everyone makes mistakes. He replied “But, I’m not everyone.” I knew exactly what he meant. My standards for myself are so high that sometimes I find it painful to make dumb errors. Sometimes it scares me off of trying hard things – I don’t like being the person who makes the mistakes, be they big or small.
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