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Blog Thread 4; Live Free or Blog Hard - 'cos we all like blogging
lepetitfromage:
There definitely is......in fact, Nick talked to me about asking him for help when I need it. And Megan, my MOH keeps asking for things to do. We've planned an evening of wedding stuff for Sunday, I think that'll help a lot. She's made a ton of flowers for me, so that definitely helps. I'll be giving her some paper when I see her so she can make some at her place.
I just have such a weird issue with asking people for help. I can't do it and not feel incapable. Nick and I have had this discussion so much- he's told me over and over again that he would love to help me, to let him know what he can do, that asking for help doesn't mean that I can't do it, just that it would make my life a little easier. I just can't help feeling that the reason I can't get everything done is because there is something wrong with me, not that I have seven billion things to do. He actually called me Superwoman the other day and all I could do is laugh at him because it's so hard to focus on everything that I have accomplished because there is so much left to do.
Plus, I'm so particular about how things get done that it's hard to just give someone a task and relax about it. Nick did my laundry the other day (*swoon*) but I could never ask him to put it away, he'd be insanely overwhelmed and I would be freaking out that it was all done wrong lol. He's going to help me make a trip to a consignment shop though, so that will get rid of some of the clothing insanity in the bedroom.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 10 Apr 2013, 15:57 ---Our central-heating boiler has broken. :x
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Well, it needed a new valve on the filling loop (trivial), and a larger expansion vessel than the one provided in the boiler (because we have so much pipework), both now done. More to the point, however, the pump had also exploded (metaphorically - but yes, there's water coming out of it and it tripped the electricity), the replacement for which will arrive tomorrow. So one more coldish night - but fortunately the weather is taking a somewhat mild turn, at least in comparison with the spring so far.
LeeC:
Sometimes on hot days like today I like to listen to hawaiian music when I walk the streets of DC.
especially "Hawaiian rollercoaster ride" and "He mele no lilo" from the lilo and stitch soundtrack.
idontunderstand:
At a workplace it's really hard for me to find a balance between being myself, as in standing up for who I am and what I believe in, and being a functional part of the group. It might be expected of me to be a silent hard worker, probably on a subconscious level, but that role is kind of a skin that's too tight for me. I don't like playing a part, even if it benefits the group. If this had been a group of people outside work the choice would have been easy for me; I'd switch group. But here, with this job I really want and need and almost desperately want to keep, it's hard to find a balance. I kind of want to yell at people "I'M NOT WHAT YOU THINK, I LIKE DANCING AND KARAOKE AND BRUCE LEE MOVIES". I think the reason I fell into this role from the start is that it kind of just works in most situations at work to be sort of quiet and shy, even though that's not what I feel like at all.
Ugh. This isn't very coherent, is it. I'll need to think about it I guess. If I ever have time to stop and do that.
lepetitfromage:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 11 Apr 2013, 09:29 ---Sometimes on hot days like today I like to listen to hawaiian music when I walk the streets of DC.
especially "Hawaiian rollercoaster ride" and "He mele no lilo" from the lilo and stitch soundtrack.
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<3 Lilo and Stitch is by far my favorite movie of all time.
IDU- How long have you been at your job? Are your coworkers people that you think you could get along with on a different level? It took me a LONG time to be comfortable enough around coworkers to show some personality but most of them are decent enough people that I can joke around about work stuff, slowly mention life outside of work...and now, I have coworkers that I'm fairly close with- some that I've even invited to my wedding. We don't regularly hang out outside of work, but we can easily have conversations about important outside-of-work stuff, we can have fun together and make the best of what we've got. After all, I see them more than I see some of my friends! And they know me- they know who I am and how I operate and I'm appreciated for what I do around the office, but for who I am as a person. (by some of them....upper management can be a bit of a struggle)
It's a delicate balance between professionalism and individuality and some workplaces tend to forget that there are real people underneath all the paperwork, but it is possible to be yourself to a degree and have others acknowledge and respect that. I'm sure you're not the only person at your job that enjoys dancing, karaoke and Bruce Lee- those things are generally pretty great. :-)
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