that kid who understood what needed to be done to look great, but only did enough to achieve true excellence when it satisfied my desires. Other people’s opinions, accolades, and awards never really meant shit to me.
Whenever I‘ve wanted something bad enough, I went out and got it. If I didn’t want something or had no need for it, I did enough to get by, but I wasn’t losing sleep over.
Honestly, that’s probably my best and worst trait. With very rare exceptions, Pleasing others brings me little joy. I’m selfish and I know it. It’s both a strength and a defense mechanism. And for better or worse, it’s been a major part of who I am.
Surprisingly, I either do a good job of hiding my innate lack of need for acceptance or I’m nicer than I think I am. At least that’s what the Blind Spot in my Johari Window tells me.
A laptop and a couch are all I need
My employer would get a lot more use out of me if they let me work from home and come in late. On average, I meet with about 16 students a day. 12 of those students come in between 2:30 and 5. Eliminating the 2 hours I spend with the other 4 students and the hour I take for lunch, that leaves me with about 2 hours a day where I’m supposed to be working on projects, sending emails, reaching out to students, and updating the webpage.
What do I do with that 2 hours? Honestly, not much. I play a lot of Zuma and Words with Friends, read a lot of news stories, dick around on Spotify, and tweet more than I probably should. I don’t do this because I’m lazy (OK, maybe I am), I do it because:
a) I’m uncomfortable. I hate wearing khakis and dress shoes. When I’m not comfortable, I don’t work. When I don’t work, I dick around to not go crazy. My desk chair isn’t the greatest either.
b) I know I can do the work in less time at home when I’m comfortable and able to focus. I’ve timed it - work that takes me an hour at the office, I can do in 15 minutes at home. Partly because I’m in PJs on the couch, but mostly because I’m not being interrupted with meetings, phone calls, or emails. I’m not important enough to be contacted every 20 minutes, but still, everyone feels the need to cc: me on everything. GMail’s “Archive” button is my best friend.
c) I’m not being challenged. If the tasks I did on a daily basis were more stimulating, I could ignore Problem A (Lord knows I’ve done it before) and Problem B wouldn’t even be an issue. Sure, I could always take on more tasks and responsibilities, but being honest - there’s not a lot of upward mobility in my position. As such, there’s no monetary incentive to do more. I know it. Some of my coworkers pretend to not know it. My managers know it. I’m no fool. I don’t work for free.
Mind you, I like my job, even if I just threw out 3 bullet points that make it sound like I don’t. I work in a cool place with great people. I have fun for 7.5 hours a day and I go home. I don’t have to carry any baggage around before or after work. I’m brushing up on skills I haven’t used in a while and learning new ones. And after spending many months on #TeamUnemployment, I’m VERY happy and VERY grateful to have a job. I’m just saying that everyone would be better off if I could work from home every now and then. Just half days. Or at least wear jeans occasionally. That extra 10% of productivity that I could bring to the table would be amazing…
Part of the “I Heart SC” Athletic Series - “Purple and Orange” is a 20 x 20 print that comes signed and numbered by the artist.
Available for the first time on DVD! Get all 147 episodes of The Real Ghostbusters plus over TWELVE HOURS of bonus material. This special offer includes a deluxe firehouse collector’s box with lenticular (hologram) panels on the front and sides. You’ll get a total of 25 DVDs with every episode from The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer!
A must have for any Ghostbuster fan.
Finally got around was able to pull the trigger on a purchase I’ve been waiting more than three years to make. My heart is happy.
Monday was a weird day. Honestly, I’m not even sure it happened. The better part of Sunday was spent sleeping hibernating, so I rolled into Monday well rested. That would have been great had I not needed to get into work early. The employer is having a Staff Appreciation Event next weekend that features a free tailgate and a basketball game against my Alma Mater. All I had to do to get the freebies? Get to work early.
For better or worse, registration for this event opened at 8am on Monday. That wouldn’t have been a big deal where it not for the fact that my work day normally starts at 8:30am. So, like a good Clemson alum, I left home 25 minutes early so I could be at my desk by 8. I wound up getting to campus around 8:07, but no big deal - I logged on, registered for my tickets, and was done with the whole exchange by 8:15 or so. Good thing too, because by 9am all of the tickets they had allocated for the event were gone. The early bird definitely got the worm here.
To think, there were people in my office not stressing about getting tickets because registration was open until February 6th. Now I know that my employer isn’t known for having the most school spirit, but who doesn’t like a free basketball game AND free food?
Anyways, with the tickets and food secured and my friends on deck, I just need (recent) history to repeat itself…
Scientific proof that all soft drinks are “Coke” in Texas, and not “pop”.
Screw this chart. Who are these numbskulls that generically call all soft drinks “Coke”? I’ve lived in the south my entire life and I’ve never heard anyone be super generic when ordering a soda. If someone wants a Coke, they ask for one, but if they wanted a Sprite, you know what they’d ask for? They’d ask for a damn Sprite.
Tina Fey in Hulk hands. Won’t lie, she went from not being on my short list of “Female Sitcom Stars That I Unashamedly Have Crushes On” to probably sneaking into the Top 5.
I think social media has done a lot of good for people, but I think it’s also done just as much harm for people.
I’ve talked to a couple of my friends on here who admitted to me that they are “addicted” to social media, and by that they mean that they are constantly checking Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook all day, and many times into the wee hours of the night because they don’t want to miss anything. One person told me that they find themselves staying up 1-3 hours later each night JUST from being on Tumblr than they used to before they were on Tumblr. That’s a lot of lost sleep, which equals more mood swings, less energy, which generally leads to an unhealthier diet, etc.
Like any addiction this seems rather unhealthy, mainly because the whole “not wanting to miss anything” is more like a high-school mindset. As in, to remain popular you have to be present all the time, and to present all the time (hearting, commenting, posting) you have to be online all the time, and to be online all the time gives you no time to unwind, to have YOU time, to step away from the memes and drama and faceshots and negative posts.
It’s simply not healthy.
Reblogged because some of us need to be reminded of this. It’s OK to disappear for a bit.
From a WrestleMania dark match for the United States Championship a year ago to potentially main eventing for the World Heavyweight Championship. It’s been a good year for these two.
Looks like we’ve redesigned our logo. I think I like it. It’s new and fresh without throwing away what made the old logo work. I wish there was a little more silver in it though.
