• To Be Led, Not to Lead

    Screenshot Saturday July 10, 2021 is when I originally saved this. Phit-N-Phat was the podcast I listened to and whose advice I followed when I lost weight for the first time. Many of her posts on Facebook related to weight loss and eating mindfully. So I’m pretty sure the thoughts she references here are thoughts…

  • Supervision in a New Generation

    5Ws Wednesday What year did you graduate high school? I never should have asked that question yesterday. My supervisor and the other new person on my team were in the car headed to a work event yesterday afternoon. We got to talking about where we were from and as it turns out, she and I…

  • The First Days

    Flashback Friday As I’ve been counting down to my last day of work and anticipating my first day at my new job, I’ve been talking with my oldest sister about it. When I told her I was excited to start my new job, she reminded me that I was excited about the job I’m leaving.…

  • A Timeline of Anxiety & My Last Day

    Thursday Thoughts on Mental Health My last day of work was today. The anxiety about it started yesterday. Here’s how the anxiety progressed… Wednesday, 5:00 pm: I came home from work and recognized the familiar anxiety. But why did I have it? Was I not excited about my last day? I couldn’t quite tell if…

  • Game Over

    Music/movie Monday I had a good song for today. I’ve been listening to it pretty frequently. With everything going on at my job and knowing that I was going to be leaving because of a couple people in particular, this song really hyped me up. And that is, “Look What You Made Me Do” by…

  • Things That Really Matter

    Flashback Friday I’m late posting today. It was a boring, but productive day at work. Not many people in the office, so I kept my air pods in most of the day and listened to my “random awesomeness” playlist. Let me just say, it was an eclectic mix of music that kept me motivated today.…

  • Will Work For Fun

    The snowpocalypse is not supposed to be so snowy after all. Mostly a mix of freezing rain and sleet, which is actually worse. And for my part of the state, we may have some plain cold rain mixed in. So not as bad as other parts of the state and certainly not as bad as…

  • Maybe Not Yet

    Talk About it Tuesday There’s so much to talk about and that’s just from today alone. The shorthand version is: I found out some additional things at work related to me and my job. I was gobsmacked. Almost shaking on the inside. I wrote an email that called out the things that were making me…

  • Lots of Unspoken Curse Words Today

    Let me allow this picture to tell you you everything you need to know about the day I’m having: It is currently 12:30 pm. I’m on my lunch break at home. Usually when my break is over at 1:00, I go back to work. Not today. The yoga pants and slippers mean that I’m not…

  • I Don’t Want Any Trouble

    It’s not talk about it Tuesday today, it’s talk about him. My favorite co-worker is a co-worker no more and because she is at a new job now, I can’t share a laugh about James with her anymore. So let me tell you about James. There’s a building on the campus where I work. It’s…