What do you think gets better with age? With proper planning and luck, my retirement fund cause I don't plan to stay in corporate life until death. Semi alive roses in July in the desert- they're skill kicking! Gotta make sure I have time to smell these before they (or I) die.
Avoidance
What strategies do you use to increase comfort in your daily life? Act busy to avoid getting more work assigned. If you're already busy, act busier. Rinse and repeat. This also works if you want to avoid chatting with coworkers. If they want to ask you questions about work stuff, tell them to throw a … Continue reading Avoidance
From the Archives: Go Link Yourself
Originally posted June 20, 2013 by Nicole Authors Note: Reading through this, much of this material still holds today in 2024 and if anything, has just illustrated how this particular social media site has gone downhill. Maintaining a career in these modern times is difficult. Between the economy and the rapid pace of technology, some industries are … Continue reading From the Archives: Go Link Yourself
Any vacation is memorable
Describe your most memorable vacation. Any vacation is memorable as long as you are not working or checking in with work or thinking about work. 'Nuff said. I also advocate for taking at least a lunch break during the working day, which can be thought of as mini vacations. Taking a walk or even stepping … Continue reading Any vacation is memorable
Focus Focus Focus
What is your favorite genre of music? I listen to too many genres and subgenres to pick a favorite. Since this blog is related to coping with on the job tomfoolery, my answer is curated to playlists that keep me calm focused when I have things I don't want to work on important deadlines or … Continue reading Focus Focus Focus
From the Archives: Signs You are Suffering from Workplace Burnout
Originally posted on November 13, 2012 1. You have to go to the restroom on another floor because the one you use is being cleaned. It takes you 5 minutes upon returning to your desk to realize…you aren’t sitting at your desk but the desk of the putz whose desk is in the same location as … Continue reading From the Archives: Signs You are Suffering from Workplace Burnout
Notes to My Future Self
What are you most worried about for the future? I'm an analyst, so... Everything? Too broad? Ok let me think of specifics. 1. I still don't know the correct answer to the riddle "how many chucks would a woodchuck chuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood" and I fear I will never know the … Continue reading Notes to My Future Self
‘The Bear’ by FX: Overhyped or Underwhelming? Unfrazzled Analyst
Over the weekend I decided to sit down and watch the highly acclaimed Season 1 of "The Bear" which has received accolades left and right. Much of the setting takes place in a restaurant and highlights the dysfunction of the workplace, so it's fitting to talk about here. About 10 minutes into the pilot episode, … Continue reading ‘The Bear’ by FX: Overhyped or Underwhelming? Unfrazzled Analyst
As Seen in the Breakroom #1
Although I mostly WFH these days, and my office doesn't have much of a breakroom to speak of anymore, I've collected photos over the years of items I've found in office break rooms or other public spaces doubling as a break room. Thought I'd share one today. Sage advice! I took this back in 2013. … Continue reading As Seen in the Breakroom #1
From the Archives: Rejected Blog Ideas
As mentioned in the previous post, I deleted the first few months of this blog back in November 2012 and started "fresh". After looking up some of my posts via the Wayback Machine, I have no effing clue why I did that. So... each week I will bring you a "From the Archives" to republish … Continue reading From the Archives: Rejected Blog Ideas
Unfrazzled Analyst 