…you to do that’ll screw you over 1. Put 8 hours down on your timesheet, but work 10. Or 12… This is where the most common guilt trip is placed – after all, you’re ‘not a team player’ if you’re not willing to put in a little extra effort now and then to get things »
One trend that I have noticed in my friendships is a division of friends into two distinct categories: one would be ‘topical buddies’ – ones with whom I share a common interest and an ability to converse on it (they are not mutually inclusive), but with whom I usually only have conversations about that narrow »
1. I won the blue ribbon in the science fair in 8th grade. Time spent on project? Less than 15 minutes. Knew nothing about the beforehand (electrical wiring, series and parallel circuitry). Comment from the judges? ‘You know so much about the subject!’ 2. I’ve been homeless several times (for over a month). 3. I »
I’ve been in several situations recently where I knew someone was going to lie to me. But, figuring that it’d be best to give them the benefit of the doubt, I gave them an opportunity to be honest; I asked straight up for the answer, and they lied anyways. Sometimes I’ve decided to press the »
There have been a lot of things I’ve been called over the years, and an equal if not greater amount of things I’ve never been called; complacent falls into the latter. I have always been outspoken and passionate about things, so perhaps it is a bit odd that I have been so quiet and, dare »
I do, on occasion, get asked by people why I don’t keep up my blog more (aside, of course, from the nagging voices in my head pressuring me about it). Well, like 98% of the questions I ever get asked, I have a simple answer and a more complex one. Typically, however, both tend to »
Expectations are always a recurring theme for me because they are so fundamentally simple, yet frequently made so unnecessarily complicated. The most simplistic definition of any kind of relationship management (professional, personal, etc.) relies on the foundation of communication, of knowing (and expressing) expectations. Without a foundation, you have nothing to stand on or build »
