Overworked
And that is not quite true. I don't have too much work, but what work I do have just always seems to be on the verge of overwhelming me. A lot of what I am being asked to do lately consists of me getting a problem and then having to mull it over for a few days poking at it until a solution comes to me. Some of my problems have taken four months of me poking to release a couple of ideas. Not a ton of projects but they are just all so BIG.
Now I am on a Training and Development committee. Our goal, "Increase the effectiveness of training and development to increase overall profit margins." Basically we are a group of employees told by management to figure out how to make us all smarter. Yeah I know it sounds like we were just told to do management's job. But hey, have you ever been in a job were management did their job? I figure at least give it to us so it gets done right, rather then not at all.
I am lucky enough to head up the committee along with a fellow employee, Kerry. Kerry is knowledgeable but really quiet at the meetings. That is ok with me. I don't know a lot about our current training practices but I am loud and good at public speaking. I guess you could say that I am becoming a manager. I may not know a lot but I know how to say it well. And one of my big motivations for volunteering for this role is that it is another way I can increase my managerial skills and get noticed by the company. Always a good thing.
Still waiting on Watcher to post my tat so I can steal the pictures and host them on my site. He told me he thinks he will get them up this afternoon.
Outside of work: I am so busy doing stuff when I am not working that I don't have time to do stuff. Trivia has really taken a down turn. Last week it was only Watcher and I who showed up. About 9 or so we were joined by Tauso and Wink. Then an hour later Wink left us leaving us with only two in our group. Oh and Kat swung by for about 30 minutes to.
It is just really crowed with the seasonals now. I also found out K man is leaving back for New York and without Kat, Special K, or Gen showing up regularly anymore it has just lost a lot of its luster.
On the other days I am just to busy to unwind. TV Monday and Thursday and D&D on Wednesday; I just feel so busy.
Then the weekend comes around and it completely flips 180 and I have nothing to do. Basically I spend time each weekend cleaning my house but other then that I have be re-reading a lot of my novels in my library.
People ask me how I am doing. I don't know how to respond. Am I happy? Not really. But I am not sad so don't feel bad for me. I am really feeling like for the last couple of weeks I have lost touch with any emotion that I might be capable of.
And that is not quite true. I don't have too much work, but what work I do have just always seems to be on the verge of overwhelming me. A lot of what I am being asked to do lately consists of me getting a problem and then having to mull it over for a few days poking at it until a solution comes to me. Some of my problems have taken four months of me poking to release a couple of ideas. Not a ton of projects but they are just all so BIG.
Now I am on a Training and Development committee. Our goal, "Increase the effectiveness of training and development to increase overall profit margins." Basically we are a group of employees told by management to figure out how to make us all smarter. Yeah I know it sounds like we were just told to do management's job. But hey, have you ever been in a job were management did their job? I figure at least give it to us so it gets done right, rather then not at all.
I am lucky enough to head up the committee along with a fellow employee, Kerry. Kerry is knowledgeable but really quiet at the meetings. That is ok with me. I don't know a lot about our current training practices but I am loud and good at public speaking. I guess you could say that I am becoming a manager. I may not know a lot but I know how to say it well. And one of my big motivations for volunteering for this role is that it is another way I can increase my managerial skills and get noticed by the company. Always a good thing.
Still waiting on Watcher to post my tat so I can steal the pictures and host them on my site. He told me he thinks he will get them up this afternoon.
Outside of work: I am so busy doing stuff when I am not working that I don't have time to do stuff. Trivia has really taken a down turn. Last week it was only Watcher and I who showed up. About 9 or so we were joined by Tauso and Wink. Then an hour later Wink left us leaving us with only two in our group. Oh and Kat swung by for about 30 minutes to.
It is just really crowed with the seasonals now. I also found out K man is leaving back for New York and without Kat, Special K, or Gen showing up regularly anymore it has just lost a lot of its luster.
On the other days I am just to busy to unwind. TV Monday and Thursday and D&D on Wednesday; I just feel so busy.
Then the weekend comes around and it completely flips 180 and I have nothing to do. Basically I spend time each weekend cleaning my house but other then that I have be re-reading a lot of my novels in my library.
People ask me how I am doing. I don't know how to respond. Am I happy? Not really. But I am not sad so don't feel bad for me. I am really feeling like for the last couple of weeks I have lost touch with any emotion that I might be capable of.