Friday, April 24, 2015
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Would you rather be in the crowd or out?
My experiences at work so far have kinda went like this....if you don't connect with what the group is talking about you are immediately an outsider...I noticed its really hard to fit in if you dont have something in common with the rest of the group. I feel sometimes as if I am an on-looker when in conversations with my coworkers. I'm the youngest of the bunch her but that doesnt mean I should be isolated when it comes to conversation. I usually get the comment, "Eryn, do you even know what that is?" "You probably werent even born yet." Even if it is said in a joking manner it almost feels like some sort of dig toward me. I am immediately dismissed when I have nothing to contribute to the conversation. No pity parties for me though because I know I am doing really well for myself and in my career. It's just sometime my age is an advantage and then it isn't. Just something random I have picked up on at work. I don't really mind being part of the crowd if it means I will be trying too hard. I just do my work and do me.
Keeping it real, has anyone else ran into this too at work? I am I just being too sensitive??
Keeping it real, has anyone else ran into this too at work? I am I just being too sensitive??
E
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Just say yes...
I said yes and for the next couple days I will spending it in Kansas City, Missouri. Haha pretty random place but I said yes to an opportunity that I thought would be great for learning. A couple weeks ago my boss called me up and asked me if I would be interested in going to support our Kansas City account for a couple days. Without hesitation I said yes, because hey this is a free trip and will help me grow as a professional by learning to work with other people from different accounts. I love to travel so there was little thought into why I said yes originally haha I didn't realize it at the time but it would be my first time to travel by myself and be kind of like a grown up. Yeah, I'm 22 and I have not flown by myself. So, this is definitely going to be a great experience. I have flown probably over 20 times so it's nothing to me. I feel like I need to be more responsible and stop relying on the people around me to think for me, which I feel I do way too much. This trip came at a great time and I think it's really trying to show me that I need to be more responsible and aware of my surroundings. I will probably update more when I actually get to Kansas City, as of now I'm in Colorado waiting for my connecting flight over there and it is a snow flurry over here.. more to come!
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
OOTD
(Floral Dress: HM, Braided Belt and Scarf: Forever21, Jacket: Macy's, Boots: Nordstrom BP, Bag: Rebecca Minkoff)
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Work friends = Work drama?
I've been working at my job for about 9 months, so a little over half a year...All in all have strayed away from any drama. If anything I keep to myself and just do my own thing. I have developed definitely a friendship with the my direct coworkers and have hung out outside of work. Developing this closeness with some of my coworkers is kind of dangerous. I ran into a work issue that caused one of my friends to get mad at me. The situation was that her employee got written up for something and she blamed the policies and procedures of the company, aka HR. Obviously, i'm not the one who creates the rules.. I'm not going to overlook the rules because your employee gets written up. Looking at this objectively you have displaced anger toward someone who shouldn't be blamed. If anyone should take the blame for this write up is your employee, not me. Your employee broke the rules, not me. All I am doing is carying out the rules that were given to us, i'm not going out of my way to screw anyone over.
Work friends are really interesting, I think there needs to be some sort of barrier that separates work life and personal. Lately I have tried to not hang out with work friends and refocus myself to doing my own thing. I didn't go out of my way to say i'm not hanging out with you ladies anymore, I have simply become busier the past weeks.. which is true to some extent. Tread work/personal relationships with caution because the last thing you want to happen is an awkward work place because a personal relationship with a coworker fell apart.. So what happened to me and my coworker that got upset with me you ask? Well we are completely fine. She got over it, she understood the rules and stopped defending her employee. Though this situation really struck me and I realized that I need to manage my work friendships a little more and not get too comfortable with them personally because I don't want to bring any drama baggage into the office. I come to work to work. Being friendly with coworkers I believe is completely fine, but once you get into that area of comfort, work in the office can get messy when personal issues are brought up. Anyone else dealing with work drama or have anything to share? I'm curious if anyone else feels the way I feel. Drop a comment below. Here's to a drama free workplace, cheers!
Work friends are really interesting, I think there needs to be some sort of barrier that separates work life and personal. Lately I have tried to not hang out with work friends and refocus myself to doing my own thing. I didn't go out of my way to say i'm not hanging out with you ladies anymore, I have simply become busier the past weeks.. which is true to some extent. Tread work/personal relationships with caution because the last thing you want to happen is an awkward work place because a personal relationship with a coworker fell apart.. So what happened to me and my coworker that got upset with me you ask? Well we are completely fine. She got over it, she understood the rules and stopped defending her employee. Though this situation really struck me and I realized that I need to manage my work friendships a little more and not get too comfortable with them personally because I don't want to bring any drama baggage into the office. I come to work to work. Being friendly with coworkers I believe is completely fine, but once you get into that area of comfort, work in the office can get messy when personal issues are brought up. Anyone else dealing with work drama or have anything to share? I'm curious if anyone else feels the way I feel. Drop a comment below. Here's to a drama free workplace, cheers!
Xoxo,
E
Friday, January 30, 2015
Going to a college party as a post grad...
Okay okay okay, I know what you all are thinking. "Why was she at a college party?" "She doesn't even go here anymore.." Yeah, I get it. But hey! One of my close friends was going to move to Chicago and was having a going away party. She is still in college so it was a given that college kids were going to be at the party. Mixed in with the college kids were some of my friends and some post grads as well.
The party was interesting to say the least, there was your typical douches drinking too much and unfriendly cliques of people I didn't know. I found myself a bit of an outsider in sense seeing how a lot of the conversations circulated around school and classes. I mostly listened and made casual small talk with the people I was sitting around. I did however, find another grad. He was actually in one of my classes, never really talked to him much but nonetheless he was someone to talk to that was interested in talking about something other than school. We awkwardly got to talking when he found out I was done [with school] and that we were in a class together last year. He immediately began to ask what I was doing and whether I had a job or not. I'm sure we can all agree, after college everyone is really curious to see how other people are doing. It's a comparison thing really, he just wanted to know if he was doing better off than me or if I was better than him. It's human nature to stop and think, how am doing compared to my peers? The conversation ended in both of us agreeing in our heads that we were both doing alright post grad. We both had jobs and were doing something with our lives that was related to our majors. The night ended with myself, my boyfriend, and my friend talking about life and work. I think that because this party was a going away party, naturally we re-evaluated ourselves for a second. We discussed all possibly leaving this town and making a move somewhere. It was interesting and made us reflect a bit, We kept to ourselves and of course made sure to catch the hostess of the party and talking her about her big move to Chicago.
All in all, good food, awkward convos, and the feeling that I felt out of place with college kids...haha its funny really, because at work I feel a little out of place since I am so young. The one time I do hang out with people my age, I feel out of place. I guess this is just that transition stage in my life where I don't quite fit in anywhere...The only people who understand me are my post grad friends that are going through the same exact thing.. I guess we should stick together in this thing called life haha well more to come and the random things that occur in my life.
The party was interesting to say the least, there was your typical douches drinking too much and unfriendly cliques of people I didn't know. I found myself a bit of an outsider in sense seeing how a lot of the conversations circulated around school and classes. I mostly listened and made casual small talk with the people I was sitting around. I did however, find another grad. He was actually in one of my classes, never really talked to him much but nonetheless he was someone to talk to that was interested in talking about something other than school. We awkwardly got to talking when he found out I was done [with school] and that we were in a class together last year. He immediately began to ask what I was doing and whether I had a job or not. I'm sure we can all agree, after college everyone is really curious to see how other people are doing. It's a comparison thing really, he just wanted to know if he was doing better off than me or if I was better than him. It's human nature to stop and think, how am doing compared to my peers? The conversation ended in both of us agreeing in our heads that we were both doing alright post grad. We both had jobs and were doing something with our lives that was related to our majors. The night ended with myself, my boyfriend, and my friend talking about life and work. I think that because this party was a going away party, naturally we re-evaluated ourselves for a second. We discussed all possibly leaving this town and making a move somewhere. It was interesting and made us reflect a bit, We kept to ourselves and of course made sure to catch the hostess of the party and talking her about her big move to Chicago.
All in all, good food, awkward convos, and the feeling that I felt out of place with college kids...haha its funny really, because at work I feel a little out of place since I am so young. The one time I do hang out with people my age, I feel out of place. I guess this is just that transition stage in my life where I don't quite fit in anywhere...The only people who understand me are my post grad friends that are going through the same exact thing.. I guess we should stick together in this thing called life haha well more to come and the random things that occur in my life.
Xoxo,
E