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Dec.11.2012
I thought of politics as I thought of work this morning. The two share parallels.
Work is about solving problems and charting courses to make the company more profit. Making more profit is our number one concern. Figuring out how to take care of issues and customers falls in line with...
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Dec.11.2012
My mantra sticks delivered 'endure' to me again today, a repeat from not long ago.
I am the mountain, I replied.
Endure, the sticks urged.
Endure is apt. I'm back to work after three days off. As soon as the alarm went off, my body sighed in dejection. Eighty-five emails...
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Dec.10.2012
I dreamed last night....
Zombies are attacking everywhere. The setting is a big blue building, home to my employer, big blue. People are fleeing but I, along with a few others, are fighting to destroy the zombies.
There are twenty-three floors in this building my dream...
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Dec.06.2012
The first meeting begins. My part of this thing with Argentina is complete except there are problems. There are always problems.
I surf emails as I listen, reading, listening, prioritizing, adjusting.
New email from corporation: "You have made a difference. You're...
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Dec.06.2012
The alarm arrives too early.
Weariness saturates my limbs. Lips feel dry and cracked, throat closed with dust. I'm suffering a hangover. Too much writing, not enough sleep.
A nap right then would have been nice.
Bracing for the day, I think, "No fear, no doubt, no...
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Nov.29.2012
The working life continues to frustrate me, from computers and networks, to meetings and demands, co-worker obstinance, piss poor communications, and meaningless goals and processes.
Is this how it is for others?
Is this how it used to be? Has it always been this way?
Perhaps it's me...
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Nov.27.2012
Everyone has a hobby, don't they?
Well, they should. Doctors say that a good hobby can reduce stress. Others say it gives you something to do.
Hobbies of scrapbooking and dollhouses fascinate the edges of my mind. I don't go out looking for information about these...
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Nov.26.2012
Workplace Accidents: Shattered Lives by Annette J Dunlea
Published In The Carrigdhoun Newspaper 1st Dec 2012 p.18
Accidents at work are so common and serious that the Government has established the Health and Safety Authority to try to reduce the number of injuries sustained at work every year....
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Nov.25.2012
November 25
THE FLYING MIND
When my brain flies out my ear, destination unknown, I am left mentally bereft. I feel intellectual convolution and show no affliction other than my inability to fulfill my assignments. I stare out sure a ring of blue birds circle...
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Nov.21.2012
There's always something to work on. The lists are never finished.
Work on losing weight, work on improving health and cardivascular functions, stamina and endurance, work on keeping strength, toned, balanced and flexible.
Work on taking care of the cats, cleaning the house, fixing the house...
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