Set in my Ways

Hello Beloved,

Sometimes I surprise myself with how set in my ways I am. If there is a slight change in my work schedule for example I get riled up and ready to go toe to toe with the scheduler. In reality what difference does it make if my shift starts at 9 or 10 or 11? My mind says that a particular shift BELONGS to me. IT DOES NOT, silly girl. I am an “at will” employee. This means that I continue to work as long as my employer wills it to be so. My schedule is not set-in stone. In reality they (the bosses) could change it every day if they wanted to. That would make for a very disgruntled camper, but they would be within their rights to do so. What are you set in your ways about? We all have a myriad of things that we prefer our way every time.

I would be the first to admit that I am a stiff-necked curmudgeon that likes everything the way I like it. I am aware of this and make a brave attempt to exercise flexibility every chance I get. I am pretty good at this when I am at work I think. Sometimes I struggle to not correct coworkers when they don’t do things the way I would do them. When I first started at my current job I was horrible at this, if I didn’t like something, I would get very surly. Not a good way to be in a heavily customer service-based job. These days, I like to think I am pretty easy going at work. I am not sure if my coworkers would agree. As long as I keep getting good feedback from the bosses I’ll keep doing what I’m doing.

I have been hearing a lot lately about job satisfaction and how happy are the workers doing the job. If employment depended on employee happiness and job satisfaction, there would be a totally different world of work out there. I work really hard at adjusting my attitude and inner thought life to change my level of satisfaction at work. I succeed much less at actual happiness due to a basic diagnosis that I live with but increasing satisfaction is achievable.

Some days I need to very purposefully adjust my attitude from customer to customer. I am thankful for the need to wear a face mask due to the fact that no one can see me talking to myself. When I notice that I am letting a less than pleasant customer or coworker get under my skin, I often take the opportunity to give myself a pep talk. I am the only one who can determine how my day goes. So what if a customer behaves like an ass or sweetheart? It is up to me how I react and behave. We all have days that are harder than others. That is ok. We don’t need to be “Suzy Sunshine” all the time. Just don’t behave like a creep all the time either.  So, are you set in your ways? Yeah, me too. Beloved let us just keep trying to be the person we would like to deal with on a daily basis.

Some days I need to very purposefully adjust my attitude from customer to customer. I am thankful for the need to wear a face mask due to the fact that no one can see me talking to myself. When I notice that I am letting a less than pleasant customer or coworker get under my skin, I often take the opportunity to give myself a pep talk. I am the only one who can determine how my day goes. So what if a customer behaves like an ass or sweetheart? It is up to me how I react and behave. We all have days that are harder than others. That is ok. We don’t need to be “Suzy Sunshine” all the time. Just don’t behave like a creep all the time either.  So, are you set in your ways? Yeah, me too. Beloved let us just keep trying to be the person we would like to deal with on a daily basis.

Have a lovely…

Mona Langmaackmelin