take life less seriously

Ok so when I leave work I think I’m doing pretty well on this goal. Manage to spend A LOT of time laughing.

Work…now that’s another matter. Sometimes, I take things way too seriously. Sometimes, I fly off the handle for very littel reason.

So this week, here’s the goal: do my job quietly, comsistently, with consideration for others, and with a smile.

Success will actually be as small as just doing work with a smile. :-)

I now own a bike with a t rex head horn.

OH YEAH!!

I failed the flatmate test. Appartently I still take things far too seriously.

Next week.

Turns out I take everything seriously except taking everything seriously seriously. So I guess Im serious about taking nothing seriously.

That’s serious.

Maybe I’ve got this caper sorted…if i could figure out what the blooming heck the above means…

...if you wanna rock and roll. Clearly AC/DC also did this thing. I take their classic rock anthems as my inspiration.

one setp forward, thee steps sideways, shimmy slightly backwards.

I just need time grasshopper. Time (and a stiff drink).

This is a really good goal for me to have. There is only one problem: I have no idea how to actually go about it!

Which is why I now study under a list of marks I need to pass, gain a credit, distinction and so on…

0.2/40 to pass one subject, 6/40 to pass another.

I think I can do that. I feel like I’m putting in a half-hearted effort this time round. But not really. I’m still doing heaps of work and I’m also keeping up my part tiem job, getting ready to travel and move city when I get back from holiday. I guess having this list means I’m putting uni into perspective and yes taking my grades less seriously. I only need to pass this semester to graduate from uni!!

At last! Perspective!

here’s a real test of how I’m going on this goal. I’ve maybe failed one of my exams. I missed a question (worth half the mark for the paper). It could still pass due to marks gained on the mid-semester but it’s really not looking all that good. If I fail, I don’t get honours in my degree. I’ve worked really hard for 5 years to reach this goal and now it all hangs in the balance. This is pretty serious stuff. Amazingly I managed to laugh at what a silly mistake I had made after the exam. That’s all it is really, a silly mistake.

But I’m trying to not make it rule my life. This week is hectic. I have another paper on Friday and I had a major interview for a graduate posistion yesterday. I have to keep moving and working on the stuff I have left.

It would be a real shame to fail after trying so hard to reach honours, but I know that at all other times I’ve done my best, at the end of the day it doesn’t matter all that much as I’ll still graduate. I’m disappointed that I missed all those marks, but I’m happy with what I did write down.

I’m glad I was able to laugh at myself instead of running off the the bathroom and crying. Step forward I think.

Now to study hard for that final paper!