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My first good day at (this) work
5 years ago
Don't do it first. Do it better.
So, today at work, I went through a list of things I had to follow up on, and after checking it against what my mentor found that I had to follow up on, I...got them all right and didn't forget anything. I hadn't felt like I did something right mostly on my own, no matter how inconsequential, at this job in the last two or so weeks, and while part of me says "let's see you do that when you have ten or more loans to juggle and not just two," for now it was the first time I felt like I had actually learned something.
I was also asked by my new manager to demonstrate a new document retrieval system that must have only just gotten put in because nobody but me knew about it yet. And to be asked to teach again...that's a truly great feeling too even though I barely know more about it than my manager does but now we can all learn together.
And then I got home and it's a very windy day, with gusts up to 35 mph or so I heard. I must have stepped into one of those gusts. Feeling the wind in my face, at the perfect balance between cold enough to wake someone up but warm enough that you can stand it, was wonderful. I just walked the block from the bus stop to home with my arms open just to take it all in. At one point the wind was so strong I couldn't walk against it for a second.
And then I got home and things started okay until...bam, spilled the rice I made for dinner. Thank goodness it wasn't something made with spaghetti sauce or something and was easily cleaned but...slightly dulled my mood. But only slightly because I still felt kinda good about my first actually good day at work. Outside of training that is.
And then...the only reason I saw it was because I was going to get the vacuum...I looked out the window and saw the beginning of a rainbow...and within a couple of minutes that rainbow kept rising up until I couldn't see how high it went anymore.
I got pictures and videos of it rising into the sky before my eyes. It was like Longcat herself saw my journal being sad at her passing and decided not to let my day end on a sour note so she graced me with her presence when I needed it.
Over the course of only four minutes, just as quickly as it came, it was gone.
But while it lasted...it was magical.
I was also asked by my new manager to demonstrate a new document retrieval system that must have only just gotten put in because nobody but me knew about it yet. And to be asked to teach again...that's a truly great feeling too even though I barely know more about it than my manager does but now we can all learn together.
And then I got home and it's a very windy day, with gusts up to 35 mph or so I heard. I must have stepped into one of those gusts. Feeling the wind in my face, at the perfect balance between cold enough to wake someone up but warm enough that you can stand it, was wonderful. I just walked the block from the bus stop to home with my arms open just to take it all in. At one point the wind was so strong I couldn't walk against it for a second.
And then I got home and things started okay until...bam, spilled the rice I made for dinner. Thank goodness it wasn't something made with spaghetti sauce or something and was easily cleaned but...slightly dulled my mood. But only slightly because I still felt kinda good about my first actually good day at work. Outside of training that is.
And then...the only reason I saw it was because I was going to get the vacuum...I looked out the window and saw the beginning of a rainbow...and within a couple of minutes that rainbow kept rising up until I couldn't see how high it went anymore.
I got pictures and videos of it rising into the sky before my eyes. It was like Longcat herself saw my journal being sad at her passing and decided not to let my day end on a sour note so she graced me with her presence when I needed it.
Over the course of only four minutes, just as quickly as it came, it was gone.
But while it lasted...it was magical.
That's a lot of encouragement. Thank you for this and your other comments.
Raydis
~raydis
Best of luck at this new job, sounds like you have it down pat
Thanks. I've got a looong way to go before I get to that point, but it's nice to feel like there is even a small upward curve on the "how it's going" line.
