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Working, worrying, and for what?

November 12th, 2007 11:18 pm —  107 views

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After being gone for over a week, my return to work was painful to say the least. I think I have an attitude problem that needs some serious internal attention. I have struggled with this for the past couple years, more so in the last 2 years, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. I’m feeling held back. I’m not ruling out that it might be me that is holding myself back…me and my bad attitude. But something tells me there is more to it than that. I’ll have to pay careful attention and tread lightly to figure it out.

Class tonight was on collaboration and massive multi-player online games. One paper we read suggested that being a guild master in World of Warcraft might someday be something to put on one’s resume as it represents a type of unintentional learning that readily translates into the real word. Being a guild master or leading a group on a successful mission or raid takes skilz. You have to know your shix or you and your peeps suffer. Simple as that.

I register for next semester’s classes next week. I know what I need to take and it isn’t going to be pretty. But alas, I’d rather get all my requirements out of the way as early as possible. Within a month this semester will be over. My third semester since I started. In case anyone is interested in what I’ve been learning, I created a “Courses” page chronicling my passage based on the course guide descriptions. Check it out under “About this Weblog”. If you can’t sleep at night, maybe give it a look.

W. made it home safe and sound. Hard not to worry when you know someone is 35,000 feet above an ocean going a couple hundred miles an hour in a large metal tube with wings. Now she sleeps upstairs with her fuzzy cats puddled against her legs. Which is where I’m headed momentarily.

Image: This is a shot of a graveyard W. and I stopped to check out while driving around the back streets of northern Hawaii. Not a word was in english. Walking into it a couple mongoose scurried for cover. The picture fits my mood today and reminds me not to worry too much…look where we’re headed.

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  1. Dawn on November 13th, 2007 11:47 pm

    Define bad attitude. If it’s just that you expect stuff to get done and done well AND in a timely manner, then that’s just management (KIDDING!). If you have unrealistic goals..well, maybe you need to compromise some. But not much. People rise to the expectations presented. It’s not easy being the demanding person all the time, or the person in charge all the time. Sometimes you just want to be a worker bee. But trust me, you wouldn’t be happy being the worker bee forever. Worker bees buzz themselves into a boring death. Might as well go while doing something more exciting. Stretch. It will all work out.

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