Just reminding myself not to catastrophize. I find myself so intensely invested in what I do that when an initiative collapses, sometimes all I do is wander around the wreck, picking up blocks, and remembering that I knew where this stone came from, where it belonged, and how strange it is that it still belongs in my hand.
If I put myself into the rock, the rock has also put itself into me.
This can have variable, and unpredictable, results.
Work is difficult. I'm again confronting the issue of how a company that focused on niceness as an attribute has the unintended consequence of being a breeding ground for bullies: conspicuously rude people who need to dominate others to feel adequate themselves.
I need to rebuild my inner fighter. I had got too comfortable. But it's also about role and responsibility. Remembering that won't keep me out of hot water, but it will mean I don't stew until I fall apart.
Or so I hope.
If I put myself into the rock, the rock has also put itself into me.
This can have variable, and unpredictable, results.
Work is difficult. I'm again confronting the issue of how a company that focused on niceness as an attribute has the unintended consequence of being a breeding ground for bullies: conspicuously rude people who need to dominate others to feel adequate themselves.
I need to rebuild my inner fighter. I had got too comfortable. But it's also about role and responsibility. Remembering that won't keep me out of hot water, but it will mean I don't stew until I fall apart.
Or so I hope.
