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Old 10-08-2022, 12:18 AM   #3961
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Worst work uniform I've had to wear was an atrocious pinstriped vest as a restaurant hostess. Apparently I couldn't just wear a dress or a classy blouse.

 
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Old 10-08-2022, 05:21 AM   #3962
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post the photo!
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Old 10-08-2022, 03:27 PM   #3963
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he lies because he's a child

 
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Old 10-09-2022, 02:41 PM   #3964
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Try feeling the exact opposite of that

Congrats!
this is great advice. my therapist often encouraged opposite action. i guess it's good for anxiety if u do it right.

 
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Old 10-09-2022, 05:20 PM   #3965
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I've taken that whole "fake it til you make it" concept to heart, and it works reasonably well for me.

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 04:53 AM   #3966
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So…I was promoted at work. It was an internal hiring process and a handful of candidates applied and I was chosen.

Now I kinda feel like Liz Truss. Like nobody really wants me there and I’m about to make a set of disastrous decisions.

I’m not used to anyone choosing me for anything. I entertained the thought of turning it down
Congrats!

You got this.

Will you be managing people?

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 04:57 AM   #3967
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this is great advice. my therapist often encouraged opposite action. i guess it's good for anxiety if u do it right.
Would you mind expanding on this?

I often suffer from crippling anxiety and when I'm in that state trying to get on the right path by thinking about it usually feels like juggling knives.

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 12:26 PM   #3968
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iz a DBT technique that's about not letting negative emotions dictate actions and regulating the emotions. my therapist would call it "holding the emotion in my hand and examining it".

https://www.wscaweb.org/wp-content/u...66f88a6bde.pdf

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 03:23 PM   #3969
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While out shopping this morning, I saw a poor hunched over woman in her 80s wearing a BAZINGA shirt, and I cannot stop laughing about it

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 07:30 PM   #3970
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so i hear chris columbus is back in this year

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 07:36 PM   #3971
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Try feeling the exact opposite of that

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this is great advice. my therapist often encouraged opposite action. i guess it's good for anxiety if u do it right.
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I've taken that whole "fake it til you make it" concept to heart, and it works reasonably well for me.
Thanks for the congrats. I’ll give it a try. It would be very uncharacteristic behaviour for me, and from what I can tell they gave me the position because of my current behaviour and attitude…so messing with that, by displaying confidence I don’t genuinely feel, might be a bit of a bait and switch.

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Congrats!

You got this.

Will you be managing people?
Thank you! No, not in terms of working out KPIs and being responsible for their performance. It’s a step in between - so more complex situations are escalated to me, and I’m meant to play more of a mentoring role. The vacancy arose because the person previously in the role was promoted to management. So I think it’s meant to be a development pathway.

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 07:37 PM   #3972
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While out shopping this morning, I saw a poor hunched over woman in her 80s wearing a BAZINGA shirt, and I cannot stop laughing about it
Omg what is it with the word bazinga. It makes me smile involuntarily

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 07:59 PM   #3973
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Thanks for the congrats. I’ll give it a try. It would be very uncharacteristic behaviour for me, and from what I can tell they gave me the position because of my current behaviour and attitude…so messing with that, by displaying confidence I don’t genuinely feel, might be a bit of a bait and switch.


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Absolutely do what you feel is best, but to clarify I meant feeling (even pretending to feel) the confidence and capability internally, not becoming an outwardly arrogant asshole overnight . I'm completely sure you'll kick ass.

 
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Old 10-10-2022, 08:02 PM   #3974
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Omg what is it with the word bazinga. It makes me smile involuntarily
Especially on someone who I'm almost fully sure does not watch Big Bang Theory. Kind of reminded me of pictures of kids who obviously don't speak English wearing a shirt that says I <3 BEER, etc

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 05:36 PM   #3975
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Thanks for the congrats. I’ll give it a try. It would be very uncharacteristic behaviour for me, and from what I can tell they gave me the position because of my current behaviour and attitude…so messing with that, by displaying confidence I don’t genuinely feel, might be a bit of a bait and switch.



Thank you! No, not in terms of working out KPIs and being responsible for their performance. It’s a step in between - so more complex situations are escalated to me, and I’m meant to play more of a mentoring role. The vacancy arose because the person previously in the role was promoted to management. So I think it’s meant to be a development pathway.
Yeah I second ilp you'll kill it. Don't change anything about your attitude.

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 05:37 PM   #3976
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So apparently Bill Murray is also an asshole and a creep.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...et/ar-AA12QnrS

It's hard to be disappointed in anyone anymore, frankly, but ... really?

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 06:27 PM   #3977
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Old 10-11-2022, 06:29 PM   #3978
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Old 10-11-2022, 06:53 PM   #3980
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I bought a ticket for this tour. I haven't been to a concert since 2016, and likely won't for another 6 years after this, so it needs to be amazing.

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 07:48 PM   #3981
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anyone fuck with toe spreaders before?

i'm on day 2. just trying to perfect my life.

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 07:53 PM   #3982
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those are good for cleaning and painting toenails.

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 07:59 PM   #3983
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i got the ones that are supposed to be more for stretching your toes back into alignment, although i did get the idea because i've been giving myself foot baths and sloughing off the gunk off the bottom of my feet and inner toes at least once a week

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 08:21 PM   #3984
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I own some, but find myself able to paint my nails fine without them so they're just sitting in a drawer

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 08:30 PM   #3985
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i didn't get a promotion, but found out today i was accepted into a year-long mentorship leadership program that requires only a 2-4 hour/per month commitment but will look bomb on my resume. i want to use my degree and do policy research or evaluation or build training curriculum. right now i'm just a dumb fundraiser...it's my first job out of a graduate school.

my supervisor suggested the program to me. she asked about it this morning and i said i'd heard nothing so i guess they didn't want me. but then i got an email later inviting me to join. after feeling jaded about my job for a while, it was tight to get the following feedback: "We received your incredibly impressive application to be a mid-career mentee and your application is one of the most highly-rated."

I can't imagine they say that to everyone..whatever it means! /pats self on back

OH, and my would-be mentor is younger than I am, but she's got the goods. it's not my fault she went to college out of high school.

 
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Old 10-11-2022, 08:42 PM   #3986
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\"We received your incredibly impressive application to be a mid-career mentee and your application is one of the most highly-rated."
you'll never be mid to us

 
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Old 10-13-2022, 05:26 PM   #3987
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Congratulations on your orange stars, ilikeplanets

 
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Old 10-13-2022, 05:32 PM   #3988
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somewhere a puerto-rican shot off a firework

 
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Old 10-13-2022, 05:35 PM   #3989
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oh so here's some news. the super of my building is puerto-rican and he makes kissy sounds when i walk by his place (he's usually doing arm curls on his balcony)

i dig it tbh

i'm such a tease

 
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he's calling you gay

 
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