Work in 2008

Like many people who have spent a lot of time in university and unemployed, I still need to work on the following:

1) Resilience, such as handling criticism and set backs

2) Confidence, in group situations

3) Communicating with colleagues

4) Taking things in their stride and being calm and relaxed

Of course this may take some time but the more I achieve and the more I improve my social life the better my confidence will get. There have been occasions where I have forgotten what I have been doing, and others where I have become very annoyed about the slightest of things. Also, I need to dress smarter and be more prepared for the unexpected.

Laughing at work

Laughing is good at relieving stress - both my own and that of people around me. However, laughing at someone is not good as they may be offended (as I was when I was a kid in school) . Once this week I thought someone at work was laughing at me but I was mistaken. It is nice to laught with people or at jokes.

It has been very busy this week. I am in general coping better but I still need to reduce my stress levels. I cannot afford any more outbursts or 'flapping' scenarios. It can be difficult to control my temper in certain situations but I am getting better. Then I can concentrate on the other aspects of the job and build better rapport with my colleagues.

Sorting My Life Out

I am managing to live without TV for the last week. It has created a big black hole in the evenings and I am having some trouble staying up (crashing out yet again for 3-4 hours at 8pm). I am watching some stuff on 4OD.

My sleep problem needs to be solved. I just cannot seem to sleep in the normal sleeping hours of 12 midnight to 7am. I can sleep at just about any other time. I think I have been up late too many times and watched too much sci-fi. Strange though as it is not monsters from the dark but anxious thoughts and snoring that are waking me up / keeping me awake at night. I am living a half functional day. This needs solving soon.

On the other hand I have given by jobsearch a boost by doing 10 applications in the last week. Also, I'm contacting agencies by phone and in person and have had an interview last week and probably another next week when I call someone back. Still need to get in town more and get things sold on eBay. Yes that is the ticket to getting rid of some of my clutter and getting some extra money to live on.

In addition I need to get my Website updated, contact the various people about training courses for teaching and the voluntary work that I am doing. Then there is the social networking. Oh well. Tim to go