I had a super bad day at work. I am fatigued, over committed on multiple projects, and towards the end of the day had a colleague raise his voice are me in an unprofessional manner. He was disrespectful and unkind. It tipped me over the edge emotionally.
Laptop thus promptly closed, I went home in order to cry in a hot bath. Mini pity party amongst the bubbles. Then helped my husband make dinner for the family, and finally ate some ice cream. Meditation is on the docket prior to bed. (No cravings for booze, right on! The face it, replace it, and connect plan is working…)
Corporate America has a way of sucking out your soul, and good people lose themselves and become assholes to each other. This event is reminding me how important it is to demonstrate respect, kindness, and appreciation for my coworkers. They are humans with their own life challenges. We didn’t start this fire.
I am grateful for this experience, to help me learn the importance of every day kindness to others.
As adult individuals, most of us can easily recognize unkindness towards ourselves, but my guess that it can be far more difficult for us to recognize our own lack of kindness to others passing in our life…
Something I am just pondering, as I grapple with 21 years in high tech. I am tired of being a souless drone, but at the same time very, very grateful and proud of my career. It makes me feel conflicted.
Does this resonate with anyone recovering while working in a ginormous Corporation, regardless if you are in the States? Why or why not? I would appreciate hearing others’ perspectives.