Time out!!!

I attended a refresher course today at work. It seems that my numbers as far as rework goes, on phone installations and trouble calls, have spiked. My boss, always looking out for his crew, placed me into the course thinking it would be a good way to try to see what I was doing wrong, or what I was missing.

It got me to thinking of my practice and my life.

My job has this credo of sorts, not the actual “credo” of the company, but they say that we should concentrate on the job at hand, not the next, or the next one after that, and so on. I know that this is a big part of my problem at work, I am always stressed out about getting to the next one on time. I am so worried about my numbers concerning being late to the next job, I am neglecting the fact that my rework numbers are escalating. I’m not paying attention to the details I need to.

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Stressed out? Have a little faith

Some days I really think this works. One of my friends was having a breakdown last night. I do understand her pain, but I sometimes wonder if she has any faith in herself. I have given her a couple of books. She said she has looked at them, but I guess she forgot what I had tried to say to her.

It took me almost 30 minutes to try and calm her down. Of course, I am not the greatest teacher.

My wife ordered some blinds today. They were a little short. Okay 5 inches. I have been working so much she had lost the measurements and didn’t want to bother me to remeasure. I used many poor verbs in regards to these blinds. And they are a little off I needed to put spacers up. Taught me I have along way to go and still hope to make it