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By Merekat (Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 06:59:43 AM EST) (all tags)
I have a reputation of being tough on myself.


I push myself quite hard, I'm general clear when I'm not happy with my progress and why. I can be quite intense in the pursuit of goals. All this masks the bit where I also know it is okay to fail, that other people don't seem to have experience of people who can push at something, have a little outburst of frustration at something not working, then coldly, quickly analyse, drop it and move on.

Anyway, what was the point. Yes, so, I push myself hard for a reason. The last two days I have been doing a training course which was delivered in German. There were formal theory sessions, input sessions and roleplays. At one point, I was physically sweating with concentration. I could barely walk straight afterwards, I was so tired. However, at the end of it all I also felt utterly fantastic. That's why I do it, that's why I am so hard on myself. For that buzz.

Today I shall take it easy, do banal things with spreadsheets and perhaps have sushi.

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Read as by debacle (4.00 / 3) #1 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 09:12:21 AM EST
"I have a reputation for touching myself."

It made reading the rest of the diary incredibly interesting, especially this:

"The last two days I have been doing a training course which was delivered in German. There were formal theory sessions, input sessions and roleplays. At one point, I was physically sweating with concentration. I could barely walk straight afterwards, I was so tired."

Thank God it's Friday.


"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie



ah by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #2 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 09:18:29 AM EST
Terribly sorry for the actual dullness.

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What was the training in relation to? by debacle (2.00 / 0) #3 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 09:21:35 AM EST


"I'm very responsive to certain stimuli, and pain is pretty much at the top of that list." - BadDoggie

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communication skills by Merekat (4.00 / 1) #4 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 09:25:08 AM EST
And conflict resolution.

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Insert ObJoke about by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #6 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 10:00:48 AM EST
German conflict resolution techniques....

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Ok; by anonimouse (2.00 / 0) #7 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 10:45:26 AM EST
How do Germans do conflict resolution?
Invade Poland

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ObFawlty Towers Reference by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #8 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 10:46:21 AM EST
Don't Mention the War!

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These days by dmg (2.00 / 0) #11 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 05:52:14 PM EST
They are much more civilised. If they disagree with your opinions, you merely get locked up for 5 years.
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Um.. by Driusan (2.00 / 0) #12 Sat Oct 06, 2007 at 10:45:30 AM EST
She's in German Switzerland. So.. training with communication skills, I guess. Seems the neutralest way to resolve conflicts to me.

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Well that changes everything! by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #13 Sat Oct 06, 2007 at 10:57:35 AM EST
Swiss Conflict Resolution Technique: Everyone eats chocolate till everyone's happy?

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Genau! by Driusan (2.00 / 0) #14 Sat Oct 06, 2007 at 11:02:36 AM EST


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The best time to be alive. by ObviousTroll (2.00 / 0) #5 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 10:00:04 AM EST
Early on, a manager put on my review "runs on high octane fuel" - when I asked him to explain it, he said that I always pour all my energy into everything I do.

Later on, I realized he was right - as much as I rant about being given all these ridiculously impossible problems to solve at work, I'm much happier pawing through the guts of the kernel on a tight deadline than I am sitting around doing nothing.

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Don't worry be happy by Troll Hard (2.00 / 0) #9 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 12:42:27 PM EST
things will work out.



you would like lifting weights by alprazolam (2.00 / 0) #10 Fri Oct 05, 2007 at 04:04:18 PM EST
skip all the sissy shit and go straight to full squats.



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