Monthly Archive: March 2022

26
Mar
2022

PIE MAKES UP FOR EVERYTHING

OW. What is it with me and banging my head? Our stupid kitchen chairs, which are from IKEA, and which are quite old now, and which have had to be tightened/glued/fixed numerous times by my husband, constantly creak apart after awhile, and yesterday, when I pulled out my chair to sit down for dessert, my chair completely came apart, collapsing under me and sending me crashing to the floor. The back of the chair flew forward and smacked me in the back of the head. It hurt like the dickens, and I just sat there for several minutes, trying not...

18
Mar
2022

WASTING TIME ON BEHAVIORAL BALONEY

What do you do when you find out that everything you thought you knew about yourself is wrong? That’s what happened to me yesterday. A few months ago, at work, we were informed that we were going to be taking part in something called a DISC analysis, organized by HR. It’s apparently something the entire department, and possibly the entire company, are doing. DISC is, according to its own website, “a personal assessment tool used by more than one million people every year to help improve teamwork, communication, and productivity in the workplace.” Our HR representative marketed it my team...

07
Mar
2022

WHAT I HAVE TO SHOW FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS

I’ve completely lost the motivation to write here, which is weird considering that I think about it all the time. Why doesn’t that translate to sitting down and writing something? I have no idea but I’m not going to spend any time beating myself up about it. It is what it is. No posts equals no comments but since posts don’t garner comments either, it’s a moot point. The last post I wrote was on February 21st. Here’s a list of things that have happened since then: took a day off and spent it in Copenhagen with Debbie and Camilla,...