June 14, 2010
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Just Another Day at Work
It was just a miserable day at work today. What can I say... the rest of the week looks like it'll simply be worse. I think I've pretty well screwed my yearend evaluation. I thought I could shrug it off by the end of the day. But that feeling is still clinging to me. On times like this, I just remind myself of the sacrifices my parents made and the difficulties they endured when they had to work. My job is just a breeze compared to what they went through.
I guess we all have to "eat bitter" every so often.
So what do you folks do to shake off those lousy days at work when nothing seems to go right?
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I thought all you Canadians knew what do do when you had a bad day?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyLb8lRBOG8
It's one of my favorites songs too. Just listen and forget about it.
I bet Monday is part of the reason too?....hope it will be better for the rest of the week
Bad days take to me a walk on the beach and sitting there watching the water come in and out. Checking out the freedom of the birds. Taking a dip in the water now that summer is here. A good meal with classical music in the background. I try to read then until I am sleepy and get a good nights rest. - It was Monday too so maybe that was part of the distress.
i had a miserable day at work too, but that was because it was a longer day than usual, and i was feeling a bit under the weather. thankfully it was at least productive.
when i have really bad days, i like to go for a run. it is a nice way to clear my head and let everything go.
Unfortunately, a few glasses of scotch are often my refuge. A conversation with a close friend helps, too. Take care, Matt.
I have those moments too...I always tend to have endless rants about it but it gets too tiresome...I just keep in mind that there are some things we can't avoid and we just have to live with it.
Sorry you had such a bad day, but hopefully the rest of the week will be better.
What I do after a bad day depends on what happened to make it bad. Sometimes I'll go sit in my garden near the pond, otherwise I'll just retreat into my favourite music.
I either cook, drink, or cook while drinking.
What do I do? I don't know. i don't drink, but sometimes I smoke a cigarette or too. I think mostly I throw myself into more fulfilling things and dream of grandeur.
I watch travel or cooking shows =_=
I try to get out and go for a run.
Turn the music in my earphones up.
I'm wishing you some peace mate,
and a better tomorrow.
*~matthew~*
I moan to friends then fall asleep. Good luck though!
I go home, eat, waste time on the Internet (thereby multiplying my lack of productivity by a factor of 10), and forget about it until the next day, when I go to work again and am faced with reminders of my failure. x_x
Drugs...lots of them.
I used to write out all that went wrong, and would find a way to resolve the mistakes I had made. Sometimes it was not easy. At those times, I just bit the bullet and kept walking tall.
Sorry Mattie, you had a bad day yesterday. I hope today was a much better day. End of the year evaluation is a long time to come. Just think how wonderful your work and you are gonna perform in the months to come. Yesterday was not the end of the year.
Love you.
Sorry to hear about your bad day, week, and year... I've found the one thing that makes it okay for me is the realization that this too shall pass. Even the crappiest day has an end.
Matt, just stopping again to wish you well.
May the rest of your week be full of good things.
Peace *~matthew~*
@CareyGLY - oh that is so timely. You always seem to find the right YouTube video... hahaha. Thanks Carey.
@Dezinerdreams - yeah, that's what I'm doing now. I've never really paid attention to the lyrics of this song before.
@agmhkg - it was a rough week... I hope next week will be better.
@Fatcat723 - well it was made worse by a somewhat terse exchange with my manager. He just pushed the right buttons.
@kunhuo42 - I went out for a walk the other night and I started to feel better. Sometimes with my workload, I just go home, have dinner and resume working. I know that's a trap though.
@oxyGENE_08 - yeah... the rest of the week wasn't better but I managed to plow through it.
@Chatamanda - I had a hunch you were going to mention your garden. My mom did exactly the same thing. She and my dad would just retreat into the garden and chat.
@yang1815 - send some food and drinks over?
@secade - dream of grandeur... I like that.
@nutz4walnuts - foodnetwork - here I come!
@bleuzeus - thanks for the wishes... much appreciated. And thank you for the 2nd visit too.
@whoosh90 - I think my friends will just hang up on me. hahaha...
@Senlin - you made me laugh....
@Tallman - ahh.... interesting.
@ZSA_MD - well - I had one of those bad days with manager. The rest of the week wasn't better. But I'll get through this, thanks for the advice.
@christao408 - yeah, the rest of the week wasn't any better - but you know what's it like when financial pressures are causing lots of stress and pressures on the business.
@ElusiveWords - come on over and let's feast!
Boss know how to push the right buttons - they learn that in Boss's School!
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