I locked myself out of my office this morning.
Brilliant, as usual.
But I’m almost glad that I did. Because now I have an excuse to hang out in the office next door. Ah, it feels good to not be in solitary confinement.
The only downside to this is that I risk getting caught slacking off (aka writing this blog) AND I get extra work thrown at me. But hey, when work is somewhat fun its not so bad.
I am enjoying being at work this morning after the interesting afternoon I had yesterday. I slid down a muddy hill to see a friend, took a picture of a beautiful rainbow, got lost during a storm (and rush hour) in Nashville and, after an eye-opening discussion with a friend, became aware of some recent behavior I’m not happy about.
My own behavior, that is.
Even though I have the longest to-do list in the world (Africa, law school, jobs, weddings, grad classes, two jobs, watching LOST), I still find time to mess things up. Mostly in the realm of relationships.
Whether it be friends, or the multitude of creepy boys I come across, my mind gets easily preoccupied with all the people I come into contact with every day.
I love people. I really do. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t be pursuing the “career” that I am.
But when you let yourself get carried away with pleasing people, or making them like you, you begin to run into a problem. The same problem that left me high and dry months ago. (I could explain, but many of you probably know the sordid story already).
I think I’d rather keep on track with all my projects and let the “people stuff” take care of itself for a while. I spend way too much time worrying over whether I said or did the wrong thing that I could use to do something more worthwhile.
Just pray I don’t become self-absorbed…at least more so anyway 
As you get a little older, you’ll begin to learn what you like and don’t like even more than you already do. With that, the desire to please others lessens a bit and the desire to please yourself becomes more prevalent. I should know since I’m a people pleaser, too. I still struggle with it, but I’m learning that not everyone will like you. The best thing to do is just realize it and move on.
I’m so glad to find the muddy hill didn’t conquer you!
Tactic to avoid getting told off for blogging at work – a notebook. It looks like you’re making intelligent notes about your work, when in fact you are doing a hatchet job on everybody you work with