Comments for Surviving the Workday http://survivingtheworkday.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:41:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on A Bad Boss by GhostGirl http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/02/20/a-bad-boss/#comment-9101 GhostGirl Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:06:31 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/02/20/a-bad-boss/#comment-9101 Hooray! You're back! Love the new template. Perfect. Why oh why does this story sound so familiar? :-) Hooray! You’re back! Love the new template. Perfect.

Why oh why does this story sound so familiar? :-)

]]> Comment on Why I Don’t Go to Church by Ben Whelan-Morin http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/02/27/why-i-dont-go-to-church/#comment-9100 Ben Whelan-Morin Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:26:48 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/02/27/why-i-dont-go-to-church/#comment-9100 I'd love to have a conversation with you regarding this, not because I'm trying to get you to go to my church, but just because I want to find out more about the reasons those go go and why those who don't don't. To give you some background, I'm a member of Mount Vernon Unitarian Church in Alexandria, VA. I just turned 29 on Wednesday, I am married, but my wife and I do not have kids nor do we plan on having any in the near future. We've been attending MVUC since 2008 and we love it there. This summer, I plan on doing a lay service on young adults and motivations for coming to UUism. I came into UUism because I was a paid section leader in a choir in a different church, but after moving to a different part of the country, I decided to become a member of MVUC. I agree with you very much that the church is predominantly either married couples with kids or retirees. We still love it there anyway because of the spiritual centering we get from going, but we want to find out what our congregation can do to attract more people our age and circumstance to it. Anyway, email me any thoughts you might have. I'd be fascinated to talk to you. I’d love to have a conversation with you regarding this, not because I’m trying to get you to go to my church, but just because I want to find out more about the reasons those go go and why those who don’t don’t.

To give you some background, I’m a member of Mount Vernon Unitarian Church in Alexandria, VA. I just turned 29 on Wednesday, I am married, but my wife and I do not have kids nor do we plan on having any in the near future. We’ve been attending MVUC since 2008 and we love it there.

This summer, I plan on doing a lay service on young adults and motivations for coming to UUism. I came into UUism because I was a paid section leader in a choir in a different church, but after moving to a different part of the country, I decided to become a member of MVUC. I agree with you very much that the church is predominantly either married couples with kids or retirees. We still love it there anyway because of the spiritual centering we get from going, but we want to find out what our congregation can do to attract more people our age and circumstance to it.

Anyway, email me any thoughts you might have. I’d be fascinated to talk to you.

]]> Comment on The Great Importer? by Unfair dismissal laws http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/03/the-great-importer/#comment-9097 Unfair dismissal laws Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:27:38 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/05/03/the-great-importer/#comment-9097 If any of your Aussie readers are needing help with matters of unfair dismissal or unfair treatment at work, I've included the link for a friend's service. You can talk to them for FREE and the 1800 number is at their site. This includes workplace bullying and harassment, redundancy and unlawful dismissals... to name just a few things they can help with. ~ Gary If any of your Aussie readers are needing help with matters of unfair dismissal or unfair treatment at work, I’ve included the link for a friend’s service. You can talk to them for FREE and the 1800 number is at their site. This includes workplace bullying and harassment, redundancy and unlawful dismissals… to name just a few things they can help with. ~ Gary

]]> Comment on The Value of Social Media by Jacqueline http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/12/08/the-value-of-social-media/#comment-9094 Jacqueline Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:23:19 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/12/08/the-value-of-social-media/#comment-9094 Where are ya? Where are ya?

]]> Comment on Do Meetings Make You Anxious? by Creative one http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/10/26/do-meetings-make-you-anxious/#comment-9093 Creative one Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:05:04 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/10/26/do-meetings-make-you-anxious/#comment-9093 I think meetings have become too formal these days instead of conversational.... everyone acts like they are these perfect business people with the perfect thing to say. It makes me anxious because I am a creative person and the obsessive structure of corporate meetings are chokingly stuffy! Don't get me wrong, an agenda is good, but sometimes people think a meeting is better to present a very structured, dry topic, when an email laying out the facts might be better. I think meetings have become too formal these days instead of conversational…. everyone acts like they are these perfect business people with the perfect thing to say. It makes me anxious because I am a creative person and the obsessive structure of corporate meetings are chokingly stuffy! Don’t get me wrong, an agenda is good, but sometimes people think a meeting is better to present a very structured, dry topic, when an email laying out the facts might be better.

]]> Comment on Ms. Theologian doesn’t ask (and you shouldn’t either) by Zaire Armstrong http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/05/26/ms-theologian-doesnt-ask-and-you-shouldnt-either/#comment-9074 Zaire Armstrong Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:40:28 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/05/26/ms-theologian-doesnt-ask-and-you-shouldnt-either/#comment-9074 I hadn't even thought of these issues up until now. I would have thought that the interviewer was trying to connect with the interviewee by establishing some common ground. If, as suggested, the giant picture was a trick, that is very underhanded. I hadn’t even thought of these issues up until now. I would have thought that the interviewer was trying to connect with the interviewee by establishing some common ground. If, as suggested, the giant picture was a trick, that is very underhanded.

]]> Comment on Surviving a Miscarriage by casey http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/01/10/surviving-a-miscarriage/#comment-9059 casey Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:47:04 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/01/10/surviving-a-miscarriage/#comment-9059 Thanks for this. I recently miscarried at 7 weeks (my first pregnancy). In addition to all of the emotions you described, I also felt that it was a major wake up call. I am 30, and have been married for three and a half years. We tried to conceive for 7 months before finding out I was pregnant in November. I had been waiting, carefully orchestrating when I would have my first baby. I wanted to be in a certain job, house, etc. I wanted everything to be 'just so'. In some ways, this is a good thing -having a child is serious and should be well thought out. But how foolish I was to think I had any control over any of this! Thanks for this. I recently miscarried at 7 weeks (my first pregnancy). In addition to all of the emotions you described, I also felt that it was a major wake up call. I am 30, and have been married for three and a half years. We tried to conceive for 7 months before finding out I was pregnant in November.

I had been waiting, carefully orchestrating when I would have my first baby. I wanted to be in a certain job, house, etc. I wanted everything to be ‘just so’. In some ways, this is a good thing -having a child is serious and should be well thought out. But how foolish I was to think I had any control over any of this!

]]> Comment on Theological Questions at Work by Stacy http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/01/16/theological-questions-at-work/#comment-9043 Stacy Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:38:25 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/01/16/theological-questions-at-work/#comment-9043 In response to finding the purpose in one's work: If we look back at every generation in history, including the Bible---there were many, many professions. There were artisans, farmers, police, politicians, physicians, janitors, etc. Even the prostitutes in the Bible earned their place in history (not that I'm encouraging that). So as David says, to find the RIGHT work (ie the work that you were uniquely created to perform) is to fulfill your unique purpose. Maybe God needs one of His daughters to have a re-fi on her condo---ya never know! Whatever you're created for, go for it! In response to finding the purpose in one’s work: If we look back at every generation in history, including the Bible—there were many, many professions. There were artisans, farmers, police, politicians, physicians, janitors, etc. Even the prostitutes in the Bible earned their place in history (not that I’m encouraging that). So as David says, to find the RIGHT work (ie the work that you were uniquely created to perform) is to fulfill your unique purpose. Maybe God needs one of His daughters to have a re-fi on her condo—ya never know! Whatever you’re created for, go for it!

]]> Comment on Why people leave jobs by tstephens http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/26/why-people-leave-jobs/#comment-8989 tstephens Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:23:26 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2008/03/26/why-people-leave-jobs/#comment-8989 Was considering leaving a job due to being passed up for a promotion and not feeling important enough to the company, The mother and her son were working in a office and always siding with one another and never intended on respecting the workplace or management that had been there for 16 years. Owners are never on the side of one individual they will always take the side of the mother and son and talk about how good the two of them are.I'm still at the company but considering a new career in sales management. Was considering leaving a job due to being passed up for a promotion and not feeling important enough to the company, The mother and her son were working in a office and always siding with one another and never intended on respecting the workplace or management that had been there for 16 years. Owners are never on the side of one individual they will always take the side of the mother and son and talk about how good the two of them are.I’m still at the company but considering a new career in sales management.

]]> Comment on The Value of Social Media by Comrade Kevin http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/12/08/the-value-of-social-media/#comment-8966 Comrade Kevin Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:19:27 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2009/12/08/the-value-of-social-media/#comment-8966 It depends if you have a realistic expectation of what you want from it while acknowledging its limitations as well. It depends if you have a realistic expectation of what you want from it while acknowledging its limitations as well.

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