Tag Archives: work

something good

Posted on July 24, 2019 by The Lost Pedestrian

I’m a nervous wreck today. I think the Mueller testimonies really got to me in not very good ways. So very very depressing. It looks like Trump and evil have prevailed. I’m frazzled by the whole experience. People in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged America, apartment, evil, good, moving, Mueller, Optimism, something, Testimony, Trump, work | Leave a comment

presenteeism

Posted on April 14, 2017 by The Lost Pedestrian

I seem to have come down with a bout of presenteeism. Foggy foggy mind and foggier thoughts. And it doesn’t seem to be passing. I’m sitting at work. My screen stares vacantly into my vacant eyes. I stare back waiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged computer screen, foggy, living situation, presenteeism, prognostication, resolve, urgency, work | Leave a comment

Can’t or Don’t

Posted on April 29, 2016 by The Lost Pedestrian

It’s so strange to me. Confoundingly strange. I can’t seem to converse with any of my co-workers after 4 months on the job. In fact, I am regressing. And the strange thing is… it’s impacting my productivity. There’s a couple of … Continue reading →

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unfriendlier

Posted on April 22, 2016 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’ve been thinking a lot about what people tell me…. how people are unfriendly in Boston. because each day i am here, they seem more and more unfriendly and then the next day even unfriendlier. but there reaches a point where … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston, computers, demeanor, facade, fault, unfriendlier, unfriendly, work | Leave a comment

an oversight

Posted on March 17, 2016 by The Lost Pedestrian

i don’t think very many people noticed i was at work today. although the woman who works at the desk next to mine offered me an apple cider donut in the morning, which I could not turn down. i considered … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged apple cider donut, attention, awful, Bob Dylan, born-again Christian, work | Leave a comment

office mate

Posted on January 27, 2016 by The Lost Pedestrian

i am at a loss for words. my vocabulary does not seem to work anymore. my dialect is an artifact. how can i replace it? what to replace it with? i’ve decided to absorb the dialect of the woman who … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged artifact, bandana, dialect, energy, enthusiasm, office, work | Leave a comment

the ladder

Posted on November 10, 2015 by The Lost Pedestrian

i am not sure why, but i seem to be taking things so literally these days. seeing only what’s in front of me at the moment… or strategizing about decisions i cannot make, like buying shoes or shirts or relocating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abstract, dreams, job interviews, ladders, literal, nightmares, salary, thinking, work | 1 Comment

lotto

Posted on February 19, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

this afternoon, a bicycle messenger arrived at my “office” to deliver a letter from an unnamed source that could either spell catastrophe or liberation. or perhaps it spells both. i read it over and over and over again, but before … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bicycle, brain, creative, cryptic, messenger, work | 3 Comments

pretend harder

Posted on January 30, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’ve been trying to figure out why i am so bad at work or work-related presentations–and why they feel so different than performing. is it because i feel like i am being scrutinized and judged based upon criteria that have … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged courage, criteria, fearlessness, hoarse, judgment, nervous, performance, performance anxiety, presentations, professional, scrutinize, stammer, stutter, tremble, tremor, voice, work | Leave a comment

listening without hearing

Posted on January 21, 2014 by The Lost Pedestrian

my temporary hearing loss lingers on. i don’t know how people do it. people who have real hearing loss. it’s completely thrown everything off. timing-wise, conversation-wise, perception- and perspective-wise. i dealt with this a bit better over the weekend when … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged comfortable, conversation, ear infection, hearing, linger, listening, perception, perspective, soft-spoken, therapist, weekend, work | Leave a comment

self-serve

Posted on December 21, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

it’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? i think it has. at work, they made me go through this ritual of giving this co-worker, who i am supposed to supervise, her annual performance review. i wasn’t quite sure how to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged criticism, grade school, Human Resources, job, ordeal, performance evaluations, rejection, report card, self-serving, work | Leave a comment

moral dilemma

Posted on November 19, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i ran into this moral dilemma today while waiting for the train. Just as the train was arriving, i noticed a subway fare card falling to the tracks from the handbag of this person while she was removing her cellphone … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged death, fare card, retrieve, subway, tomorrow, train, work | Leave a comment

unsettling

Posted on May 9, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i wonder if i have either stifled my dreams, hopes and aspirations or if i am just sleep-deprived and lethargic. or if stifling dreams, hopes and aspirations leads to sleep deprivation? it did not seem all that long ago when … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged aspirations, core, disparate, dreams, energies, feeling wanted, hopes, lethargy, New York, sleep, sleep deprivation, work | Leave a comment

what is burgeoning

Posted on May 3, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

all i feel like writing about tonight is my job, but i am trying not to tell you much more about it, so i won’t. the one positive thing i can say is that working in this environment is bringing … Continue reading →

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my latest excuse

Posted on April 29, 2013 by The Lost Pedestrian

i’ve been sneezing so often today, i think i may have pulled a muscle in my face, if that is possible. too congested to eek out anything coherent tonight. or that is my excuse. there is always an excuse for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged communication, creation, driving, eek, enunciation, excuse, face, human being, instructions, muscle, thank you, work | Leave a comment