[bpforever1]

I only started working two weeks ago, and the new company staff told me I'm a star employee. Well, thank you very much!! Now, I'm getting more assignments. I am surviving and hoping to get as many assignments as possible. Of course, I have a limit. But, the more I work, the more I earn. Life is not bad now!!

[seesaw]

So I consult with a medical research lab and while I am typically leading the project to get the research published, I dont usually get to be the first author or senior author on a manuscript. That's a position usually held for whomever had the most clout. But I worked on a research paper that was tedious and painstaking and kept getting rejected although the editor would tell me why and said he wanted to see a revision. After 3 revisions, today my first first-author research paper in a peer-reviewed medical journal was officially accepted.

[BreakForTheLight]

Started a new job today and already this company is making a much better impression than the last one I worked at. Still not my dream job, but in these times I'm glad to have found a job at all.

[seesaw]

Seriously, the coolest thing happened today. My paper was recently published, and another researcher from a big university emailed me and complimented the paper and reached out to ask if I want to plan a symposium about the topic at a conference! It feels so amazing to have put something out in the world that spoke to people and that other researchers took notice and we could do more research together - and make the world a better place. I finally feel like I'm doing what I said I wanted to do my whole life. It's awesome. And I turn 40 on Monday. Lol.

[Have Hope]

I finally can share some good news. My most challenging client - who fights me every step of the way - called me at home the other day to discuss the details of a project. And during the conversation, he gave me the greatest compliment I think I've ever received at work! He told me I am the smartest person he has worked with in this field, then he said that he loves working with me! That was amazing and made me feel really good!

Then the second piece of good news. We have a work virtual "social hour" every Friday, where the CEO and CMO join us and talk about the week's events. I never speak up in these calls. In fact, my PTSD gets triggered when I have to speak in front of larger groups of people, and my voice can shake. Well, I spoke up and shared a success story about one of my clients. We had had a great call with the client yesterday, and I shared how well they're doing, how we've succeeded in achieving our goals with them, and I was sure to thank various team members for their support and help with pushing through a major project, including my CEO.

My CEO was pretty pleased to hear this, so was my CMO, who is a good friend of the client.

My boss also heard me say this in front of the whole company -- my boss is one who is trying to undermine my success at work. So this was a great feat on my part, because I rose to the task, overcame my fear of public speaking, I shared my success story, and I shared it in front of my boss, who was probably seething. LOL.

Speaking of which, my boss has not had one single positive thing to say about our team in these social meetings since they began. Not one single word of positive reinforcement for anyone on the team -- he's the one who should be sharing our success stories. So I shared instead, and I hope it works in my favor.

[bpforever1]

The assistant manager and I had a meeting. She said most of my students like me. After receiving a complaint, accolades sound nice to my ear!! I am doing well. She was wondering if they were too many students too soon. Nah, it is ok, I said. I like being busy for a change. It is not too bad. Life is not bad!! I'm going to be ok!! I guess, they want to keep me and after the complaint, are trying to encourage me to stay. lol, what a life!!

[Molinit]

Although my company has permanently laid off 1300 people, I have survived the cull and will be going back to work at the end of May.

[seesaw]

Originally Posted by Molinit

Although my company has permanently laid off 1300 people, I have survived the cull and will be going back to work at the end of May.

That's excellent news!

[Have Hope]

I got the call. An interview for a Director role in my field. I am beyond thrilled. I cried.

[bpforever1]

The good thing is that I have control over my schedule and erased some hours that I was available. I am blessed to have a job. However, I'm not going to go insane over working.

[bpforever1]

I got only two new students so far. I am happy. I'm still working towards 20 hours a week. I am still not there but close. I can sleep well still on my break time. I really don't know how the other teachers deal with this schedule. I have a split shift. It is not easy to work early in the morning then late at night. But, I am happy and grateful to have a job. I have to remember to focus on making a good impression at the initial lesson. I will put my effort into doing this. I like the head teacher who was nice to give me some ideas. I will be ok!

[WastingAsparagus]

Happy because I am starting a new job doing some audio transcription. It doesn't pay amazingly, but it's pay, which is something I haven't had in a long time!

[bpforever1]

I am doing well, so far, no bad reviews. I am getting more students at night. I will be ok.

[Discombobulated]

Back at work and so happy for it!

[ARaven0137]

Well, I guess this is both good and bad.

Well, there I was, rolling down the runway when we hit Vr (rotation speed to takeoff) and the wheels leave the deck. We begin retracting gear and, at about 200', one engine loses significant power. As the more experienced pilot and aircraft commander, I take the controls and assess. We need to land. I call tower for an immediate recovery, gently maneuver the aircraft back into the pattern and nurse her to the runway, all near stall speed while being unable to hold altitude at near full power. I put her down on the centerline, nothing but butter. My heart was thumping for an hour after that. I got a huge thanks from the crew and passengers.

[Have Hope]

I had a great success at work today. It felt good! I made my client very happy.

[bpforever1]

I am getting a lighter schedule because people are going on vacation. I am doing well. Life is not bad. Unfortunately, I will get paid less. But it is ok. I will get by somehow.

[Mountaindewed]

I have an official start date. I’m going back to work in about 2 weeks. And they are taking it really slow. Which I am happy about.

[WastingAsparagus]

Had a few false starts with work, but finally got an interview with this one group I might work for. It is a good development.

[seesaw]

I am very excited. It took some months to start to get things underway, especially due to COVID, but I'm finally going into business expansion. I'm adding new clients, which is scary because I'm at capacity for myself, so I'm implementing a new project management system to work with my assistants so we can produce at a larger scale. And I've initiated a consultation with a branding expert who is going to help me solidify our brand story, identity, and possibly a renaming. Colors/logos are less important to revise, we just don't have the story packaged very well, and since my background and history winds through different fields, it's hard to tell people exactly what I do. So I've found someone who understands that I'm trying to distill my background and story in development, research, the arts, healthcare, and patient advocacy into a single brand.

I'm really excited about growing my business and having it work for me a little more than I'm working for it, lol. Very exciting times.