the past few days have been full of rollercoaster emotions, mostly due to my job and the jobhunting situation. sometimes it gets unbearably bad, and it gets very difficult to make it through the workday and still feel like a human(humane) being when I get home. which isn’t an easy situation.

the frustrating part is that having such a hard time with work makes me very tired and frustrated, and not in the mood for jobhunting, which involves investing a large postion (like all) of my spare time and energy to writing cover letters, going to agencies, and looking for job ads.

But sometimes, especially if I have a good day at work, it doesn’t seem so bad. I went into work today prepared to quit at the end of the day, but instead of hitting bottom and going down the drain, I bounced.

My teamleader came up to me this afternoon at the start of the day, and talked to me about how I was feeling and how to deal with having to call particularly bad customers, and how to build up the resiliance necessary for survival in this kind of work environment. Imagine a duck, she said, and picture the water running off it’s back.

And I felt better. and I started making sales. lots of them.

And then I heard from home, and got news of a call from a job that I’d applied on last week, one that I really really want to get. and I felt much happier, and made even more sales. and the people who were grumpy to me didn’t dent my mood so much. they just bounced off.

so, the moral I have learned from this story is this: attitude is everything, and it can make a world of difference.

also: support is important too, and so is resiliance, and perserverence.

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