Just finished a week and a half of work and I have to say that I am absolutely exhausted. Waking up at 6:30-7 AM everyday is not the most fun thing to do but its got to be done right? On Thursday I left my house at 7:30 AM planning to be at work by 9. I was about 1 minute from my building getting off the beltway and it was bumper to bumper and I moved about 20 feet in a span of 25 minutes. They ended up shutting the exit off before I even got off so I had to weave my way around. There was a fire a couple blocks down from my building and the traffic was absolutely ridiculous. It ended up taking me 2 hours to get to work and I didn't eat lunch that day so it was wonderful day.
I do a lot of thinking while I'm at work considering I spend most of the time watching my lead do the work because I'm shadowing right now and I don't have security clearance. There's many pros and cons of my work. Some cons being the commute (as stated above) not being able to do any real work yet, the uncertainty of my position (because of the clearance issues and the uncertainty of how long it'll take before I can do anything) The "glass half full" side is the fact I have someone who I can ask questions about. She has been really nice/open about answering my questions. It's definitely comforting having someone there to ease the process. My manager has also been very understanding about my knee situation because I'll have to miss at least a week of work and I'll also have to leave early on some days for physical therapy.
On a completely different note, something I've been thinking about lately is the phrase "all things happen for a reason." I'm curious as to how many people truly believe the statement. I see many people have statuses on facebook or twitter stating "why me" or "FML" ( I actually really dislike this phrase) when something unexpected happens. These two phrases seem to be the common reaction and of course I've reacted this way before too. While doing my fair share of "why me" I've been trying my best to look at the glass as half full. 2009 seemed to be a down year for many people. I had a handful of friends break up from long term relationships which is never easy to deal with. The job market has been horrendous and applying for 10+ jobs and not even getting an interview gets discouraging.
The frustration causes us to say "why does this have to happen to me?" "why cant I have this job?" "why did he/she break up with me?" "why couldn't thing have worked out?" We ask a lot of "whys" when we should try to look at the positives. (haha this sounds lame after typing it out but its true ) I've done plenty of complaining/whining and as I've matured (hah I'm a big boy now) I've refelcted on all the times I've complained in the past and at the time I'd think complaining was the rational thing to do. After soaking things in I've realized each event, good or bad, should be used as a learning experience. For example, if things didnt work out between someone I was interested in, I'd dwell on what I did wrong and what I could've done to make things better. In reality things likely wouldn't have worked out and things worked out for the better. Perhaps this "wise" realization comes with age/experience. Live and learn folks. One of my favorite quotes sums it all up.
"But I am a firm believer in 'Everything happens for a reason.' ... I mean, things happen in life and not just to me. These types of things happen to everyone. It's not being vulnerable; it's just looking at life the way it is from a realistic standpoint. I'm a believer in God and I believe that he puts things in your path for a reason."
Oklahoma City Thunder Point Guard
-Shaun Livingston
Oh and someone gave me a nice compliment about my blog saying "it's not full of s***." I'm going to take it as not sarcastic... so that was really appreciated. I don't know how many loyal readers there are out there but thanks for those who keep coming back. I enjoy writing (I'm prob not the best at it, but nobodies forcing you to read it) so take it for what it is.
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