Committed

Earlier today I tried to add a poll widget to my blog. Needless to say it did not work out! So instead of posting it as a real poll, I’ll just solicit data the old fashioned way!

The 3FC blogs I enjoy most have….

1- Descriptive daily food journals, complete with calorie counts and weight trackers!
2- Personal diary entries, detailing life’s daily triumphs and struggles, partly including diet and weight management
3- A wide variety of topics, with weight and dieting being the general theme
4- Journalistic entries (e.g., non-personalized diet book reviews, commentary on obesity studies and statistics, editorials, etc.)
5- Other…. (add comment)

Any takers??

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments and emails through this tough time I’ve been having at work. It helps to know that other people have been there - and survived to tell their tale!!

I’m doing better this week. I’m just trying to just hang in there. I’m also trying to learn from this experience. So far the first thing I’ve learned is that I need to develop an internal sense of self-confidence instead of relying on work to feed my ego. I have also re-learned that patience is a virtue, and that if things changed once its only a matter of time before they change again (possibly for the better next time!).

I am going out of town for a few days this week, just to get away. I’m really going to take the time to just refresh and re-motivate!!

I am the kind of person whose outlook on everything is unfortunately colored by my experiences at work. My identity is completely wrapped up in my career (no kids, no social life, etc). So when things go south at work, things go south with everything. On the plus side, I’m eating less because I go through my days feeling completely nauseated.

I wish I wasn’t like this. I wish I was the kind of person who could just show up, do my work, and go home. No ego issues or politics.

But unfortunately this is the way I am. Micromanagers bug me. Coworkers with ambition make me feel threatened. Being tasked with minutiae makes me want to kill myself (metaphorically of course).

So needless to say, with my recent changes in my job I’m in a full blown depression and identity crisis.