Tag: work
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A transition step
Laura was over cleaning again today. She’s finding that she can do more with the kids than before. I’m sure part of it is that she has a purpose and direction. She also found that by being here she was available to give Stephanie some just in time direction so that Stephanie was interacting with…
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Tired
Laura seems to be doing better today. She didn’t feel good at first and when I invited her to go with me to get donuts she declined but she called me back after concluding that the only reason she declined was that she was depressed. After our little trip she seemed better. After breakfast I…
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Making a change
Laura has realized that “waiting for this to pass” (“this” being whatever temporary thing is interfering with what she would like to do) is not a functional way to approach life or healing. She has realized that there is always some “this” waiting to take our attention. She’s now talking about taking a simple, flexible…
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The filled with purpose
I got a new task at work today. Steve asked me to be the primary support for FlowCal and become Jeannie Yerkavich’s go-to support resource. I think that will prove to be a good thing for me. Tonight it became clear to me how important it is for Laura to have direction in how she…
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Forward Ho
Work was a bit hectic today as I had a couple of calls that needed to be handled. After I got home I had another one. I didn’t manage a nice, quiet on-call week. It hasn’t been too bad though. Laura had lunch with Julie Smith and Julie is considering letting Laura stay in her…
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Promoting Positivity
Slide taken from Shawn Achor talk: The happy secret to better work I have been working on making my employment a more positive force in my life for some time (that’s much easier to do here at Questar than some places I’ve worked) which is why I was listening to this talk but I would…
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My New Job is Settled
Today I got word that Questar would match the salary offered by i5 and I officially accepted that offer. When I talked to Roger at i5 he asked if I would consider them if they quickly put together an insurance package. I told him that Questar was the best choice for my family and we…
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Real Options
I finally have real employment options. Yesterday I had another interview with i5Solutions and they indicated that they intended to make me an offer. It was clear from our discussion that their preferred salary would require me to do some freelance work to make ends meet. This morning I got an offer from Questar. I…
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Late Christmas
After a number of conversations about what kind of work I really excel at I had come to the conclusion that I would prefer to work for Solution Stream than for Tru Hearing.I spent the last two days trying to decide how best to make that known without jeopardizing my chance to work at all…
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Less Effective
We switched the day around so that I would be able to go help at the cannery but that turned out not to be necessary. Laura got her time and then I lost two hours while the family used the computer. I did manage to get 3 hours of work in while Laura slept in…