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Yesterday - Progress Of The Soul

I’ve been very frustrated at work. This seems to happen more and more the longer I am at a place of employment. With experience I’ve started to question my frustration. I ask does it really matter. And why do I feel this way about this small thing. Things add up for sure but I really need to question how much I should really care about things. There is a breaking point. I also think I’m taking things way to seriously and need to recognize that.

Today - Don’t Abandon Others… Or Yourself

At work I put a lot of extra effort into educating myself on how things should be done. Right now I’m studying management and how best to act and perform as a manager. That has opened my eyes to things others aren’t doing right and it can pick at me. It can make me frustrated. It’s started frustrating me to the point that I’m willing to look for new opportunities. I feel like I’ve hit a ceiling as far as what I can learn. I want to be in an environment that challenges me to be a better manager.

On the flip side of that I feel as if that could be abandonment. That I should try to do the best job I can and when I have success highlight why I’m having success. It’s a tough path and I’ve never shied away from breaking the mold and showing people another way. I often feel ego is involved though. Both for me and others. People don’t like to admit when their wrong or when they see a better way of doing something. That makes it harder for when they do make a change and it’s because I’ve made some sort of influence. I also recognize that I’m being arrogant here and that’s not a good feeling either.