Good Self-care: your computer workstation

Good self-care is so much more than a cup of tea or a bubble bath. Today I gave myself good self-care by devoting time to get my computer workstation set up right.
You should read the manual HP wrote on the topic. Very easy to read and gives lots of useful suggestions, whether you’re working on [...]

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Alive and working

Work is inevitable. Struggle is optional.
I’m still here – just swamped at work. I’m working in the mornings before I go to work, all day without a pause, then in the evenings again after I get home.
No chance to get out to swim since last Sunday. No chance to write thoughtful posts to my blog. [...]

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Beer and onion rings = self care

Taking good care of yourself varies depending on the situation. When you are looking for a new job, it’s good self-care to get plenty of rest and concentrate on keeping up your “interview mindset.” When your car is heading towards a wall, it’s good self-care to drop the cell phone and brake.
Yesterday I finished my [...]

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Glug, glug: under water at work

I’m still here, just swamped at work at the moment. Next week will be worse, then I get to start catching up on all of the “not important” things I get to do that I’m skipping at the moment.
Food is normal, maybe even a bit less than normal. I’m finding it ever easier to eat [...]

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Lars and the Real Girl

Suspension of disbelief – this is one thing I am really good at. Lars is even better. While I spent my childhood pretending my miserable world wasn’t so miserable, Lars found a way to do the same as an adult, and find his way out the other side.  Sweet movie, and well worth catching while [...]

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Better now

My miserable Monday ended on a tired note, but I’ve taken action to do things that are highly comforting.
It was a hard day at work, and I left late and exhausted. At home, a small glass of wine, covering up in my favorite blanket and curling up in a semi-fetal position all felt good. I [...]

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Monday crap

Twenty minutes at work, and already I’ve given in to a pity party. There’s a whole pile of crap inside my head that I haven’t moved past yet, and it makes me sick to my stomach.
I’ve quickly turned on my upbeat music and that’s the only thing that’s helped since yesterday evening. Song 1: Don’t [...]

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I didn’t get it and I’m remarkably happy

Quite frankly, I’m stunned. I still fully expect to have an emotional release (i.e. tears) sometime soon, but I just finished a feedback interview from the hiring manager. Actually we finished the discussion about an hour ago, so I’ve had some coming-down time already, which I spent drinking coffee with DH.
Hiring manager gave me good [...]

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Flood, fire, car wreck, you name it

It all seems to be happening to me, at least in a tame sort of way.
Yesterday the hiring manager set up a lunch appointment with me today to give me “feedback.” Normally, this guy’s English is not good enough for the subtlety of the word “feedback” which would be normally interpreted as “you didn’t get [...]

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The formula for creating happiness

Still no news on not getting the job I expect to not get. But my attitude is much better – I’m actually assessing value on both jobs and neither of them look so bad.
Daniel Gilbert, Harvard professor and author of some book or other on happiness, lifted the formula of making choices that will maximize [...]

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