In-person interviews are a lot, especially at 9am on a Monday. But I'm now done. Early slots are worth it.
I think it went pretty well. We'll see.
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In-person interviews are a lot, especially at 9am on a Monday. But I'm now done. Early slots are worth it.
I think it went pretty well. We'll see.
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Happy monday erybody :(
Happy Monday to you too.
Why is it that thereβs always something out of balance. If itβs not work life then itβs health or money. When they are all broken then it feels hopeless
Oh man I hear you. Good health, finances in order, work bearable. Pick two.
I'm guilty of this kind of thinking too. Been recently starting to realize the balance isnt how things feel to us, its our ability to "ride the waves" so to speak, and you can find balance wherever you look even if you may not like how it feels.
Not sure I fully believe that myself just yet, but the more I explore it the more it seems like there might be something to it.
The woman buying my sewing machine just picked it up. She did not accidentally overpay me by thousands of dollars. I guess the dream was not prophetic.
oof. Advertised for a junior/entry level position in my team (academic research), got 74 applications, many with PhDs. Rough.
After hearing of the last psychologist I found not taking new clients, I went through the whole process of finding another one with a trustworthy and empathetic face (yes I judge people entirely off of their face. Don't @ me), getting a new MHCP, getting a new referral, making another appointment, trying to organise for the session to be paid in advance again. I'm finally done, and have found one that seems fine. I hope it works out. I don't want to have to find yet another one
Don't feel bad about choosing a nice face. Bedside manner is so important.
Imma relate my experience here and it was quite self revelatory at the time.
I had an injured shoulder, from an assault, and was referred to a surgeon for diagnosis and treatment. He was very kind and friendly and reassuring. Even when we had to demonstrate the actions that caused the injury I felt safe.
Later in the week I had to get some xrays. The technician was very professional and he had a neutral face. I was triggered and had a panic attack.
Attackers have uncaring or neutral faces.
later I was thinking how my doctor put on a kind face on purpose , he knew my history and knew how to make me comfortable. The xray technician either knew and didn't care or didn't know how to handle my case.
I'm better now tho seeing a disinterested face always worries me. That is a face of violence.
Yayyy!!! Can't wait to start a newwww work week!!! πππͺπππ₯³π₯³
I donβt have enough sugar in my house to vaguely get pumped enough to echo that sentiment
Fell asleep for a bit, but have a GP appt tomorrow morning. I'm trying not to get overly anxious about this, because it's probably nothing, but its such a different pain than I am used to.
Like, sharp, and then achey, and sharp if I rub my eyes (which I do without thinking). I have no idea what I could have done to it, like it's a weird spot. Just under my right eye, where the orbital hole ends, on my cheekbone. I know I keep posting, but I'm anxious ugh!!!!
I have a big preso tomorrow. To about 100 attendees. I have to talk for about 10-12 mins and I'm prepared. It's just that I get so nervous my heart starts pounding crazy fast.
My previous presos have also been in front of the same crowd but that was for like 2-3 mins as I had someone share the time but tomorrow am all alone. Which means that I need to take questions as well.
My heart rate is already high thinking of tomorrow π€ can someone give me some tips to calm down? Please don't say slow breathing because it just makes it worse for me π
I've also been told I give great presos but I gaslight myself into thinking it was bad. I've prepared pretty well but still nervous as shit as this is the biggest one so far.
Am off to the gym now to take mind off things and just relax. I'll go crazy otherwise
You're nervous because you know you are good and don't want to disappoint. And you're nervous because you're doing a good thing that you want to do. So being nervous isn't such a bad thing. The adrenaline helps with performance too.
So many hugs. You can do this. We're so proud of you. πππππ
My late bloke was an excellent after dinner speaker, but got horribly nervous beforehand. To the point of vomiting with nerves. He eventually figured out how to manage his anxiety by playing cats cradle while he was waiting to be introduced to the audience. The simple repetition of the hand movements helped him through those awful minutes before he started to speak. He was fine once he got going. Zillions of vidjos on youtube on how to do it. He liked doing the apache door more than the eiffel tower or witches broom one as it was more complex and required more attention. And the evidence could be stowed in a pocket quickly when he stepped up to perform. Pre-performance anxiety is very real and can be very debilitating, but tends to evaporate once the performance starts. Hope this helps a bit.
Called out of my shift, couldn't sleep until 4am and only for two hours.
Gonna make that GP appt today for my eye, it's just hurting so much worse. Ugh!
Happy Monday! Lol
please go back to bed once you've seen the GP.
Iβve had a weirdly positive dayβ¦ I mean, a little unexpected. Even though I was running late, I made good time. Even though I missed tea break, had a shortened lunch, wasnβt all that hungry and ran out of time (and verbally road raged a little on the way home), I:
And just all round one of those days where for a moment you feel as if youβve woken up, are about 95% yourself and things feel somewhat goodβ¦ like a distant memory.
Iβm even in one my fav burger shops that is always empty and there are about 8 or so other people eating in and it feelsβ¦ nice.
No guarantees for tomorrow, but I think being grateful for just even the ability to even get out of bed is underrated. β¨
Man I love my cat. Sheβs just a big old teddy bear and a sweetheart. Even when sheβs a bit spoiled itβs cute
tried to book a camping trip for cup day weekend. Limited to "glamping" (ie: power and a hot shower) cause I was gonna bring the little fella, but no joy. Everythings booked out. Prom, Eildon, Bright, Philip Island, all totally booked out. The fact that it's still months away and its booked out blows my mind.
Have we entered the era of peak fake?
Yeah, itβs all a bit disturbing
Edit: Also nepo babies touting themselves as βself madeβ
Toddler took my phone. I asked for it back, he disappeared for a moment then handed me back the purple ring from his tower toy thing. He looks satisfied with our "trade" and buggers off again, only to leave the phone behind on the floor anyway.
Is your son British? That sounds similar to what they did with countries....
If he was British he would've pillaged whatever was valuable from the phone then left it.
Dropped off the transfer of shares papers to the executor of my grandmaβs will today.
I wanted to mail them off so I didnβt have direct contact with the executor but it wasnβt to be.
Drove out of my way and got stuck in a one sided conversation I didnβt really want a part of due to the family feud going on between the executor who is my Aunty and half the family which consequently made me get home later as well.
Hopefully with that out of the way the distribution of the will can go ahead.
Parts of my family suspect that the Aunty has an unfair share of the will or has been stealing or misappropriating funds related to the will. She dumps all her emotional baggage on me because she considers me the nice one of the family but all I wanted to do was run away from her.
operation get rid of stuff continues , another dozen books I'm never going to read are sorted to go out , more knickknacks are going
omg, I have finally cleared all 50 levels of bubble town. it only took a few years and many thousands of attempts. I took a screen shot. I'm a bit numb...lol
There's someone stood in front of the Magistrate court on William St with a couple of big posters behind him, handing out flyers. He keeps repeating "Judges are motherfuckers" nothing else. At it for over an hour now
to be fair, if it was 16 and stabbed a bloke for the 5th time this week I'd probably just get a slap on the wrist. So the guy isnt wrong per say...
Tweaked my shoulder again yesterday and I'm getting a headache and also sending odd sensations and pins and needles down my arm/hand again.
Thought fully recovered from it a month ago.
Anti-gratitude thread π
Balancing shit is hard.
Aggressive people. They should all just pack up and go to an island to live together, and leave the rest of us to live in peace.
I don't think my manager understands my job. As in, I don't think she has done the same day to day work as me to be able to understand what goes into what I'm expected to do.
I can tell because some things have the name of the last user to modify them, and I don't see her name on anything or any of the documentation
I finally heard back from the school lady (I'm a bit concerned with how many times I've had to follow up), and she fixed the issues with the enrolment paperwork, which I've now signed!
For some classic bureaucracy related reasons, they need a photocopy of a guardians personal identification. Probably going to be a difficult thing to obtain when my guardian is the secretary of DFFH. But as of now, that's no longer a me problem, that's something they'll all have to work out together.
It's....
A non issue though, as I've been through this process dozens of times. Usually they just provide a copy of my court order and a stat dec and it's all g. But it's worth noting if you ever decide to run an organisation and impose restrictions you can't possibly foresee anybody not being able to meet, you'll eventually meet somebody you'll have to make an exception for π€·ββοΈ