Which word best describes 2010 for you?
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Amaris
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One word?
Rubbish.
This whole year has been nothing but garbage, and I'm glad to see it go.
Rubbish.
This whole year has been nothing but garbage, and I'm glad to see it go.
J
Jetfire
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Nightmare.
If that doesn't work...Hell.
If that doesn't work...Hell.
The same word that describes every year of my life: success.
Frozen
Neutral
Stagnation
Stuck
Basically, I have learned in 2010 that I feel incredibly stuck... stuck in my job, stuck in my personal life. No sense of progress. No real sense of accomplishment (even though I've been working towards a Masters degree and will finish in the spring). I came to the realization that I am tired of my current job and would like to pursue other opportunities, but for the life of me I cannot find anything else, either within my company or outside. The economy sucks and job opportunities are not what they used to be. I'd love to move out of the area but... again... the economy sucks and there's chance that I could sell my condo and break even on it. The housing and job markets needs to improve in order for me to make the changes I'd like to. Also, a new year's resolution of mine was to go on at least 1 date. Didn't happen. Didn't put enough effort into it. It's my fault, but it adds to the sense of being stuck in neutral.
Hopefully 2011 will be a big year for big (and positive) change.
Neutral
Stagnation
Stuck
Basically, I have learned in 2010 that I feel incredibly stuck... stuck in my job, stuck in my personal life. No sense of progress. No real sense of accomplishment (even though I've been working towards a Masters degree and will finish in the spring). I came to the realization that I am tired of my current job and would like to pursue other opportunities, but for the life of me I cannot find anything else, either within my company or outside. The economy sucks and job opportunities are not what they used to be. I'd love to move out of the area but... again... the economy sucks and there's chance that I could sell my condo and break even on it. The housing and job markets needs to improve in order for me to make the changes I'd like to. Also, a new year's resolution of mine was to go on at least 1 date. Didn't happen. Didn't put enough effort into it. It's my fault, but it adds to the sense of being stuck in neutral.
Hopefully 2011 will be a big year for big (and positive) change.
Stuck works for me too.
Exhausting.
I've taken a few days off here and there through the year, but only one or two at a time for conventions. And the three days I took off in July were for Polaris, so that was hardly a vacation. I think I took two days off for Dragon*Con, one for Con*Cept, and that was about it. The last time I took more than just a day or two was last New Year's, when I flew to Atlanta.
I've been regularly putting in 50-60 hour weeks at the office, recently, working on websites for three major clients and a bunch of internal projects. My ex says I work too hard, and he's probably right. My problem is that I can't just drop what I'm working on because the clock says 5:00 - I have to come to a logical stopping point, or I find myself wasting time the next day trying to recreate my thought process. (It's not like it used to be, but until about six months ago there were a bunch of people working for my company who would just drop everything at 4:58 and go. I don't know how they did it.)
So while putting in overtime for my current project was necessary in order to meet the deadline, staying at work until 8:30 and then having a 90-minute trip home may have been a bit much, and I've been quite sleep-deprived and cranky recently.
Fortunately, I think it's at a point now where it's more or less over. There are still a few things outstanding that need to be finished up, but the bulk of the work is finished.
If I were to make a New Year's resolution, it would be to avoid putting in three hours of overtime per day for months at a time. I don't know if I'll be able to keep that resolution, though, as my workload isn't really in my hands, but I'm going to try.
I've taken a few days off here and there through the year, but only one or two at a time for conventions. And the three days I took off in July were for Polaris, so that was hardly a vacation. I think I took two days off for Dragon*Con, one for Con*Cept, and that was about it. The last time I took more than just a day or two was last New Year's, when I flew to Atlanta.
I've been regularly putting in 50-60 hour weeks at the office, recently, working on websites for three major clients and a bunch of internal projects. My ex says I work too hard, and he's probably right. My problem is that I can't just drop what I'm working on because the clock says 5:00 - I have to come to a logical stopping point, or I find myself wasting time the next day trying to recreate my thought process. (It's not like it used to be, but until about six months ago there were a bunch of people working for my company who would just drop everything at 4:58 and go. I don't know how they did it.)
So while putting in overtime for my current project was necessary in order to meet the deadline, staying at work until 8:30 and then having a 90-minute trip home may have been a bit much, and I've been quite sleep-deprived and cranky recently.
Fortunately, I think it's at a point now where it's more or less over. There are still a few things outstanding that need to be finished up, but the bulk of the work is finished.
If I were to make a New Year's resolution, it would be to avoid putting in three hours of overtime per day for months at a time. I don't know if I'll be able to keep that resolution, though, as my workload isn't really in my hands, but I'm going to try.
Under-employed.
-> Zoom! ->
Pending.
It started with a bang and very much rejoicing, but then it sort of get hung. There are also a few personal instances that are on-hold at the moment, but I'm sure they will come to fruition in a few months. So, I'm looking forward to a spectacular 2011.
It started with a bang and very much rejoicing, but then it sort of get hung. There are also a few personal instances that are on-hold at the moment, but I'm sure they will come to fruition in a few months. So, I'm looking forward to a spectacular 2011.
My sentiments, exactly.
loong
felt like it was never going to end with nothing happening except bad things.
Hopefully next year will be better
felt like it was never going to end with nothing happening except bad things.
Hopefully next year will be better
Uncertain.
The manner in which I was essentially pushed out of my job gave my admittedly fragile ego quite a bruising, and though it helped me to go through with studying towards a new career it means financial hardship over the next few years. Also at the beginning of the schoolyear the county council tried to alter my special needs' son's statement of special educational needs to state that he would attend a mainstream secondary school next year. There is no way my son could cope in such a school so we're in a battle to get him into the only special needs secondary school suitable for him within a 30-mile radius. We won't know if he has there a place there until March, and the not knowing is driving me up the wall. How 2011 is rated this time next year will depend mostly on this decision, because this could make or break his entire future.
The manner in which I was essentially pushed out of my job gave my admittedly fragile ego quite a bruising, and though it helped me to go through with studying towards a new career it means financial hardship over the next few years. Also at the beginning of the schoolyear the county council tried to alter my special needs' son's statement of special educational needs to state that he would attend a mainstream secondary school next year. There is no way my son could cope in such a school so we're in a battle to get him into the only special needs secondary school suitable for him within a 30-mile radius. We won't know if he has there a place there until March, and the not knowing is driving me up the wall. How 2011 is rated this time next year will depend mostly on this decision, because this could make or break his entire future.
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