Another year passes by, and another approaches just around the riverbend…I mean the corner. I’ve had some serious ups and downs this year, but looking around I know that lots of other people have too. I can’t pretend that my life was awful and that “2009 was the worst year ever” like I’ve heard so many times in the past few days. With social networking being what it is, Facebook and Twitter have been teeming with all the same-old-same-old colloquialisms about how this year was just awful and that hopefully next year will be better. But these are the same people who said the exact same thing last year, and will say the same next year. I had a mix of good and bad, but I won’t forget either to favor the other.
Author ArchiveI tend to consider myself a moderately visible person. I’m pretty talkative, not at all aware of how to control my volume, and I’m not a tiny person that could be easily overlooked. Yet somehow, I’m often looked through by others, treated as though I’m not even there. So either I’m finally invisible and people can’t see me, or people just assume I’m stupid. Or more likely – people at large are stupid themselves. I’m going with that one. I’ve been at the new job for almost 3 months now, and I’m still loving it. My first impression of my manager and coworkers has turned out to be mostly accurate, so I’m glad about that. Everyone here is really nice, though no matter how nice people are there will always be one or two people who insist on causing drama, but I just smile and ignore it. The environment here is entirely different than what I’m used to from other jobs, and in all the best ways. After working here for almost 3 months, I can honestly say that I hope I’m here for many years to come. Sometimes when I walk past a mirror, I actually do a double-take at the face staring back at me. I see my face, and I stare as if looking at a stranger. When I lock eyes with myself, I still see a little boy. I see the teenager who had no idea where his life was going, or how he was going to make it on his own. And the boy in the mirror looks back at me and seems to ask if I’m doing it right, living up to the ideal of what he thought it would be like. Okay everyone, it’s time to lay down some groundwork when it comes to work behavior. I was out of the corporate world for almost a year (stupid economy making it difficult to get a job) but now I’m back (hooray!) and am being reminded on a daily basis of all the little things that used to drive me insane. So now I’ll share them with you! |
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