Posted by Noa on June 2, 2000, at 12:48:25
In reply to Re: Grumpy day - To Noa, posted by Kath on June 2, 2000, at 10:01:43
Thanks. The support helps a lot. I am still a bit grumpy today, but better.
The friend and I had it out last night--I was pretty assertive and direct about what I was angry about, so was she--but are on better terms this morning, and seem to have found a way to correct the misunderstanding.
Dealing with conflict and anger is tough for me. I tend to withdraw a lot rather than deal directly with it and be assertive. So, I am kinda proud of myself for hanging in there with this and dealing with it.
I still feel grumpy about the job thing, but not overwhelmed by it.
My knee is on the mend, a bit achy, but not terrible.
I got through a challenging meeting today pretty well and am just glad it is over. I was angry at a couple of people who told me at the last minute they couldn't come. But I expressed it directly and assertively that they were expected anyway. (This was a bear of a meeting to arrange and they had a lot of notice and certainly plenty of time to tell me about their time conflicts--rather than two hours before the meeting!) They both did show up for at least part of it, so I guess the assertiveness worked.
One mishap today--I overslept, because my clock was mistakenly set to PM. Ooops. That made me grumpy, but I dealt with it and made the best of getting to work as soon as possible. Time was when I would be so upset about getting to work late, I would get depressed and overwhelmed and call in sick altogether.
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