Week Two

Oooh I love the Biggest Loser. And I love having time to watch the biggest loser. It is on right now; it is good to see people pushed so much farther than they thought they could be pushed and do so much more than they thought they could do.

And by the way - that mention of having time to watch the biggest loser wasn't lightly said. Work hasn't picked up too quickly yet, and I have been home by 6 every night. It has helped to be eased into things a little bit. Work is such a different environment from the life I was used to living. It isn't better or worse, it is just different, so it is nice to have an average amount of work to do to ease me in. I have worked for both difficult people and wonderful people thus far. I have learned already the importance of having thick skin for critiques and the necessity of giving myself grace. When asked this week was one thing I am really bad at, I said, "practice." And that is true. I enjoy doing things well the first time and knowing I am competent. I have a harder time plugging along, little by little, and embracing the necessary imperfection along the way. But with this job, there is so much to learn that I will have to give myself grace or I will be miserable.

So I am learning career lessons - about how to interact with partners, some who express their appreciation for you and some who don't, but I am also learning life lessons.