Friday reflection – It’s complicated – 11/17/23

I hope everyone is doing okay. I’m finally able to blog. This past week not only has been challenging but tiring and had to take time to self-care. Not only have I not been able to keep up I have to deal with the nonsense of people.

She’s loud, talks fast, is used to having things done her way and people see things her way. I get it, she’s the most experienced. She is confident and knowledgeable, I give her that. On the other hand she is inappropriate, takes calls and texts during meetings, during work presentations and is non-supportive. She makes attempts to put me down, but then tries to explain why, but hasn’t had the privilege to actually bring me down, very passive-aggressive. She lives in security and stability; commenting to me this week to not bank at “G-S” because she always has issues with them. “Oh, thanks for letting me know I was about to look into that.” (Sarcasm). I let her talk and I only take notes if needed of what all she’s asking me to do or attempting to show me something new of which most time I don’t understand.

It’s a busy week for me and she’s trying to give me a couple more tasks to take care of before she goes off on vacation. I kept quiet and only said okay. She continues talking for about 45 minutes, mostly about the same things. She works all hours of the evening and night. I get off between 4 and 4:30pm and is wanting to talk at that time, but my son is waiting for me I have to go. This is a boundary that won’t be crossed.

A lot of things don’t bother me. As I have gotten older I have gotten wiser. I choose to face the negative with positivity and harmony. I have to throw in a few jokes during our conversations to ease into closing the conversation, but I just don’t think she understands the undertones since I get a weird look. LOL! All the Best!

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