Monday, March 15, 2010

Busy as a Bee

Damn you March, slow down. March is my birthday month, filled to the brim with events and work is more hectic than ever. This week in particular is a busy one. It's deadline week, so everyone is scrambling around to get everything done on time (which means the office is a wreck.) That's one good thing I've learned from work, how to deal with a frantic work environment. It's good I'm busy at work though, it gives me a nice distraction from other things in my life. I'm also going to NYC this weekend with my dad to see the play A Behanding in Spokane with two of my favorite actors, Sam Rockwell (future husband) and Christopher Walken. It's going to be an amazing birthday. We are talking the train into the city which is my favorite way to travel. I love seeing the historic sites around the Hudson River blurring past you and then you rush into Grand Central. Somehow it's like you instantly change with that train ride and you become a little tougher, a little smarter and just become a slightly different person. I love New York.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

You've lost that loving feeling...

Here's the deal. I've given up coffee in exchange for tea in the morning. It's been two days. My head is ready to explode. Today I ran two miles and I may have looked like this:



Yeah, it's been an interesting week. I'm trying to stay focused at work while also building my professional portfolio. However, I've been wondering lately if I am actually helping people. My friend has a theory of trying to make one person smile a day, I hope I do that. This is mostly a I have to vent about nothing post, but it feels good.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Goal Tracking

Today, I had a taste of spring and I loved it. I did a little running today- outside! It was so beautiful this weekend and I love how weather can instantly improve your mood. I've been hibernating this winter and I'm more than ready to get out. I have two major goals for 2010. One is to establish myself as a freelance writer and the other is to run in a 5k. It's already March, so I better get cracking. I'll be tracking my progress through the blog. I hope I can do it.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

I blame the Count

Today at work I learned that I do an awesome "Count" from Sesame Street impression. Let me explain, when you work in an office for eight hours your mind may start to wander. Then your computer screen starts to blur and you look for things to entertain yourself while typing away on the computer. This is what I do: I look for more work to finish and do impressions sometimes they are inside joke, like the Count or a more general movie star, I take requests from my fellow employees. In the midst of entertaining my co-workers with my amazing voice skills, I work extremely hard and get a lot done, but sometimes multitasking gets the better of me. Like today, for example, I made a mistake that could have been easily avoided. It's the week before deadline this week and my desk is stacked with folders, papers, and other writing materials. While looking for something on my desk, I accidentally mixed something up.

This has been the first mistake I've made at work in awhile. I know everyone makes mistakes, they teach this as soon as you enter elementary school right? I definitely remember hearing it all the time back then. However, sometimes I take my mistakes too hard and it throws my game off. I don't consider myself a perfectionist, but I do work hard at my job and when I make a mistake, it naturally bothers me. I know all I have to do is try and fix my mistake as best I can and that will be that. Then you just let it go. I think an important lesson I learned is to remember is always use humor and common sense and you should be able to solve most issues that may arise. And, always keep your desk as organized as you can. I will be testing this theory tomorrow. Everyday is a fresh start.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Conversations with the brother

I have two older brothers who are two of the funniest people I know and they tend to give me great advice, most of the time. Last night one of them came over for dinner and for some financial planning advising. (I was the advisee.) I'm really happy that I'm starting to plan for my future now, because even though I tend to try to live taking it one day at a time, the future is always something that looms in my mind. To be short, the future both scares and excites me all at the same time. I'm sure a lot of people feel that way. Something that scares me even more though is my estimated year of death that was included in the financial plan: 2076. That's morbid.

I pointed it out to my brother and all he said,"Yeah I saw that, pretty crazy right?" Yes. It. Is. Seeing that date sent a shock wave of panic into me. Even though 2076 is a very long time away and it's just a computer generated date, it still freaked me out. Basically, I thought to myself that it's time to really start living. My brother and I then started to discuss how I should be working as hard as I can so I can do what I love. I agree. I'm ready to do to that.

As kind of a side related note to this post, I read this great quote from on Esquire article on the movie critic Roger Ebert. Ebert lost most of his jaw to thyroid cancer, but still has a great outlook on life. "I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do." I'm going to try to keep this quote in the back of my mind, because I know I don't always feel this way and I think it's a really nice and simple way at looking at how you interact with others and how that can effect your own well being. I know it may seem like common sense, but I know I tend to forget this a lot.