sometimes the system goes on the blink

‘Cause you had a bad day,
 you’re taking one down,
you sing a sad song just to turn it around.
You say you don’t know,
you tell me don’t lie,
you work on a smile then you go for a ride.
You had a bad day,
the camera don’t lie,
you’re coming back down
and you really don’t mind.
You had a bad day, you had a bad day.

<sigh> Such reality. Today has already been a nightmare. :-P Starting with sleeping through the alarm: Some people, such as myself, believe this is quite the opposite of a nightmare, but really, however sweet and serene the extra sleep is, you regret it later on. As soon as I got to work (late, of course) I got a mouth-full from my boss. The self-pity and regret building up already was overwhelming, and of course, the coffee-machine was broken. Naturally. On lunch break, I sulked out to the porch to catch a couple more minutes of my book (Dorothy Sayers: Lord Peter Whimsey mysteries), when I was immediately interrupted by one of my managers. She said she didn’t want me to have any free time (she actually used that phrase) in a day, and that if I was done with lunch, I should get back to work, and if I didn’t have work, then she had things for me to do. That was bad enough, but then one of my co-workers came out with a message from her saying to read this huge book that’s about 3 inches thick on the history of the company. Some sort of report I have to write on it I suppose. <sigh> So I got to work reading. The book’s not so bad, only I know most of the information, and get this, there’s “vocabulary words” in it. In the history of a company? You’re kidding me right… that’s just pathetic. Words like: entrepreneurship, and Logistics. As if people don’t know what they mean. <rolls eyes> Anyway, I have to define each word in a separate document with the heading of the chapters, and… ugh, so much more, but I won’t bore you or myself any more  with it. Thank goodness the day is passing moderately quickly.

“think optimistically” “be passionate about your work” “be in control of your life” “be determined, devoted, and diligent in your work.”….. these are things I have to tell myself regularly at my job. The “3 D’s” help a lot, especially because a lot of the time I’m not doing all that I can, I’m settling for the easy stuff, putting things off, and not giving it my all. I know, I know… shame on me. I’ve really got to work on that.

So on to the rest of the day. Maybe I’ll get off work early, that would be a nice surprise. Doubtful, but hopeful… We’ll see. Let’s hope the day gets better as we go on with it. Moving Right Along…

M.fs

Conquer the World

Good morning world! Today I woke up feeling like I could conquer the world. You know how sometimes you feel like you can do anything, most likely because you’ve gotten a good night’s sleep and when you woke up you weren’t too cold. [there are theories on "sleep-cycles", but that is not what this post is touching on.] Have you ever felt that way? Most people have; I myself often do, but I find myself at the end of the day with no more accomplished than I normally do on a rainy afternoon. What causes this I wonder? Is it that slowly as the day goes by we become decidedly drained? Maybe it’s because hour by hour we encounter something or someone who makes us stressed, causes us to feel sluggish, maybe even depressed. Perhaps it’s because the evil plot to run our lives through caffeine and energy drinks, really isn’t a scheme at all – it’s reality, no one believes it. I honestly don’t know, but I do know that it is important to keep a positive outlook on the day ahead. As long as you keep telling yourself that today is the day to get things done, work hard, eat healthy, excercise often, stay optimistic… more often than not the way you get things done depends upon your attitude, and unless that’s set straight first thing in the morning, your day is not as productive as a) it could be. b) it should be.

Stay positive world! Make this day count!

M.fs