Logophile

can finally do her laundry. Yippee?



I'm doing 26 things
 

How I did it
How to write a villanelle.
It took me
28 days
It made me
pensive


How to do my laundry
It took me
7 days
It made me
more presentable


Recent entries
figure out whats important (read all 8 entries…)
Untitled 6 days ago

“We are tempted to reduce life to a simple search for happiness. Happiness, however, withers if there is no meaning. The other temptation is to disavow the search for happiness in order to be faithful to that which provides meaning. But to live only for meaning—indifferent to all happiness—makes us fanatic, self-righteous, and cold. It leaves us cut off from our own humanity and the humanity of others. We must hope for grace, for our lives to be sustained by moments of meaning and happiness, both equally worthy of human communion.” —Chris Hedges, War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning



not hate my job (read all 4 entries…)
I hated it so much on Thursday and Friday 6 days ago

I was attending training for 2-year staff, and I was overwhelmed with feelings of incompetence and futility. My position is administrative, so I’m not getting the traditional practical experience that all these young people are getting, which simultaneously will make it impossible for me to have the judgment (or the credibility) to do my administrative job.

On the other hand, my boss has strong motivation to keep me on. I’m his “transition plan,” and he wants to retire in 10 years or so. His clock is ticking, and it will cost him to have to start over from scratch with someone new. So if I just manage to keep him happy, I’m in like Flynn. Of course, then there’s the 15 or so more years that I’d need to be filling his shoes without the wherewithal to do so. But maybe I’ll figure out some “transition plan” of my own by then.

Still, I can’t help thinking that if I got myself fired instead of quitting, I could at least collect unemployment while I tried to find a different job.



Let's Clean Together (read all 6 entries…)
Setting this aside for now 6 days ago

It’s just not happening for me.



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