Dusting the Cobwebs

It’s been sometime since this blog has been touched with my thoughts. It’s been a strange 6 months.  And with the shift in economy,  I’m sure the strange energy is just the beginning.

Earlier I was walking down to buy my lunch. I was contemplating about today and some of the events that have already transpired. In the beginning of the year we were given a task by my employer to contact a few members of our group / department and ask what they thought of us personally and professionally. We were required to ask one who we’ved worked with in the past, one we never worked with and one randomly. My boss believed that this exercise would help us in our professional development. And where I understood his point, there were something left that had me reconsidering the exercise. One was for professional development, I didn’t see the importance of us asking what others thought of us on a personal level.  But,  it was a task and we did this exercise.

I think because I’m a witch and I’m always self reflecting I do often think of my actions and how I project myself onto others. As I want to be considerate and not project as though I’m being difficult. Especially in a work environment and just life in general. I try to be courteous to my fellow man. 

The work exercise confirmed detail I already knew of myself. But the thing that I found interesting was this.  One person felt that I was unapproachable, kinda bitchy and difficult to work with. Granted I had never worked with this person. This was an assumption made on their part. Then the other two; one I worked with and one I did not, felt that I was very motivated and deteremined. They said they liked that from me because they aspired to the same and thought I had the confidence to show it. Oh and they said that they felt I was very approachable.

What I find fascinting is through all the discussions they were all saying the same thing. However, one thought it was a negative while others thought it was a positive. Very fascinting.

I’ve always believed that really how life is always based on how you view it. How you see the things that are in front of you and how you choose to interpret them.  So, how does one deal with that in a work environment? When everything you do is scrutinized by someone else’s assumptions? Do you bend your character to accomodate the overly sensitive ones? Do you change yourself to be happy? How do you function in a society that won’t look that themselves inward and focuses solely on themselves. I say this not as though I’m not bitchy at times. I’m human, I can be a bitchy witch. But I give people passes. I don’t make assumptions on why someone was rude or take it personal.  So, how do you work with those that do? it’s really sucha  fine balancing act and interchange of social interplay.  But lately because of the issues at work I realize no matter how much I bend, I will not make everyone happy nor will I get on everyone’s good side.

What do you think?