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17/11/10 22:37
darkemeralds: Naked woman on a bike, caption "I don't care, I'm still free" (Bike Freedom)
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I rode my bike home in a massive rainstorm this evening. It felt great.

My job has improved. "Norm" has relaxed a bit and we've developed a give-and-take that I feel comfortable with.

I've gotten a good look at the amazing amount of time he wastes in uncertainty and self-reassurance. It's like the information-worker version of OCD which would make another person re-check three times that the front door is really locked. In Norm's case, it shows itself in a verbal tic of his: beginning an inordinate number of sentences with "Like I said..." and "Again..."

Now that I understand him a little better, I feel much more capable of taking over his job--because I might waste time, but I don't waste it like that. I've tackled several minor issues and assisted on several bigger ones now, and I think we're both feeling more sanguine about the transfer of duties.

Besides, today I didn't have a single minute to check my personal email till 4:00, and everything I was busy with I knew exactly how to do, so I must be getting into the groove of it.

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18/11/10 08:22 (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] lamentables
Woooooooooo!
\o/

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18/11/10 10:06 (UTC)
scribblemoose: (never give up)
Posted by [personal profile] scribblemoose
I'm really pleased about your job improvement - don't forget to take a lot of the credit yourself, for tackling the problem head-on and working on it in counselling. You rock. :)

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18/11/10 10:39 (UTC)
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Posted by [personal profile] tehomet
I'm pleased for you! \o/

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18/11/10 12:41 (UTC)
erda: (happydance)
Posted by [personal profile] erda
So glad!

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18/11/10 15:24 (UTC)
executrix: (chcolate critter)
Posted by [personal profile] executrix
Hurrah!

By the way, I've been meaning to send this--it sounds eminently tiffin-friendly:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/11/health/nutrition/11recipehealth.html?ref=health

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18/11/10 17:11 (UTC)
dine: (Default)
Posted by [personal profile] dine
wasn't that storm a whopper!

I'm so glad to know that things have improved so at work - your attitude has done such a turnaround; congrats on making that happen.

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