Staying Positive

It's hard to not be disparaging about your situation sometimes. Over the past two years, I have added entries to my blog that I later regretted, after finding out who was reading them. I even hid them for a while but they're back in all their glory now.

I really try to maintain a positive attitude. I try to look at the opportunities I am given and the new things I can learn from my situation - good or bad. Sometimes it gets really difficult. Today, for instance, I was in a pretty good mood. I have some time set aside this afternoon to meet with one of the other sys admins and go over a few tasks. It's a learning experience and I'm eager to learn. Over the past three hours, however, I have listened to my office mate wonder where he fits in and have had a couple of other people drop by or call and lament over their situations. I'm not saying they always come in and constantly bitch about their jobs and the organization but you can tell they're not in the situations they want to be in, either... it all adds up.

This space was originally occupied with a slightly different post. After considering it for about 5 minutes before publishing it and for about 2 minutes after, I removed it. I really don't want to say negative things about the place I work or the people I work with. What good does it do? It's not like there is some sort of major injustice or illegal activity going on that I feel the need to expose. I'm just not real hip on my job right now.

Our fiscal years starts July 1. My theory is that, due to circumstances that none of us created - at least not on purpose, we have to wait until the start of the new fiscal year before we can make a couple of major moves that I hope will increase our forward momentum.

Fingers crossed.

(p.s. I'm working on a new Littlebear entry)